Balfour Glacier_UMaine (IMAGE)

University of Maine

Balfour Glacier_UMaine

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View looking westward down the debris-covered Balfour Glacier toward the Tasman Sea. The sharp transition from white snow to brown debris-rich ice marks the position of the snowline on the glacier, which is determined by the temperature of the atmosphere.

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Photo by Aaron Putnam

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