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San Rafael Glacier
in the foreground and
San Quintin Glacier
behind, Laguna San Rafael National Park
[1]
, northern Patagonia, Chile. These are the main outlet glaciers on the western side of the
Northern Patagonian Ice Field
. San Rafael is the most northerly
tidewater glacier
in the Southern Hemisphere. Both giant glaciers have been undergoing rapid retreat in recent years
[2]
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Stacked NASA World Wind images from the 1990 and 2000 NASA GeoCover collections ( Landsat 4/5 and Landsat 7 TM/ETM false-colour images [3] ). worldwind://goto/world=Earth&lat=-46.74169&lon=-73.85851&alt=7238&dir=-178.9&tilt=66.8 (This is an animated GIF image. If animation is not visible, it may be because Microsoft Office Pictute Manager has your GIF file association . That application does not support GIF animation. Change the association to any standard picture viewer, and restart your browser.) |
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Date | 28 September 2006 (original upload date) | ||
Source | Own work . Made with NASA World Wind from NASA public domain imagery | ||
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