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Lago Fiero and climate change
Another of the glacial lakes below the icefields and glaciers of Monte San Valentin, Patagonia's tallest peak, is the silt-brown Lago Fiero with its build up of glacial ice at its end. All of the proglacial lakes in the Northern Patagonia icefield are expanding with climate change, and Lago Fiero is growing the fastest of all. The snow line elevation has gone up 100 M since 1987 and the glacier has retreated 2.3 km, nearly doubling the size of the lake. An interesting description of the glacial retreat is here: https://blogs.agu.org/fromaglaciersperspective/2020/01/12/fiero-glacier-chile-retreat-lago-fiero-expansion/
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Terry Allen
2 weeks agoMany thanks everyone for your nice comments!
geoghanart
2 weeks agoWhat a beautiful scene that you composed and captured of this landscape. Love all of the layers from the sky and clouds down to the water.
Gene Hyder
2 weeks agoAwesome shot.
Pascale GUY
2 weeks agoWonderful landscape ! Seems more green ! Great PoV !
Greg&Rose Photography
2 weeks agoGreat depiction of this change
Byron Fair Photography
2 weeks agoGreat landscape.
KDP450
2 weeks agoStunning view.
Judith Sparhawk
2 weeks agoInteresting that some of the glacial lakes are green or blue, this one is brown. This is somewhere that you can see climate change happening before your eyes!
Rick Willis
2 weeks agoWhat a View 😃...
fotoeffects
2 weeks agoStunning scenery; excellent pov! Patagonia has to be one of the most spectacular places on the planet.