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Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri with proglacial lake

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Proglacial environment at approx. 5000 m asl. The Pastoruri Glacier has experienced an accelerated degree of retreat during the previous years, so that the chunk of ice in the right background has become isolated from the main glacier tongue.

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on Monday 24 July 2017 by Martin Mergili
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