The grandest glacier of them all, Perito Moreno stands about 55 meters tall, stretches 5 km at its snout, and extends about 30 km to reach the Hielo Sur (southern continental icefield). We are looking at its terminus in Lago Argentina. We could see about the first 14 km of it.
Images of the glacier.
It is one of the most acitve glaicer around, meaning that it is frequently calving (icebergs breaking of and falling into the water). The glacier itself is static, which means that it is neither growing longer, nor shrinking like many other glaciers are. Below is an image of one of the larger chunks of ice crashing off into the lake below--quite a sight to behold, and especially to hear. It sounds like thunder.
1 comment:
Neat glacier shots. Biggest disappointment of Alaska was not seeing portage glacier "calve" off- it was in retreat even then. I've always wanted to hear that noise.
Happy New Year, and Happy B day!
-Bonnie
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