Scary. Crevasses and...

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Scary. Crevasses and...

Scary. Crevasses and...

Scary. Crevasses and caveties created by melt-off underneath the sand. The only way to detect them, was from the sound of your footsteps. When it started to sound hollow, you better watched out. This photo from a place where a little creek came straight out of a sand dune area.
Corax
on May 21, 2005 10:26 am
Lat/Lon: 27.8724°S / 68.8414°W
Image ID: 106123

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tphubbard

tphubbard - Aug 26, 2006 11:30 am - Hasn't voted

Interesting

I've come across crevasses and mud before but not this - presumably this is because of the very dry conditions. I wonder how did the ice form in the first place - has it been snowier in the past?

Corax

Corax - Aug 27, 2006 12:42 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Interesting

I must admit I'm quite ignorant about the area's past, so I can't answer the question if it has been colder or snowier earlier on.
In some places there were meters of sand on top of the ice/glaciers/crevasses.

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