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Glaciers


This collection contains several astronaut images taken from space of glaciers from all continents. The map above shows the locations of better examples—from higher latitudes (major glacier tongues, especially in the southern Andes collection), and lower subtropical and tropical latitudes (mountain-top glacier—even on the equator).