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Friday, June 15, 2007

Ronald Nelson and the Perito Moreno Glacier


Perito Moreno Glacier
Amazing natural occurrence!!

It's quite the movie clip, just open up the attachment.  It's of the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Argentina   It depicts a grandstand, where tourists, and visitors can watch the Glacier advancing down the hill, and a glacier ice melt stream from above, flowing through the Glaciers downhill trudge, creating an Ice Tunnel, which eventually melts, and falls into the stream, in bunches and gobs. I have seen similar in spots up in the Columbia ice fields in Alberta, and have seen some on the internet from Iceland, Finland , Norway, the Alps, and also in Tibet - near Katman du. It's quite the video--obviously enthralled the tourists and visitors, and I hope you enjoy it too. This isn't "global warming" happening, it's the natural progression of a glacier, slowly advancing down the hill, due to it's overall weight, and the melting at the bottom there-from. It's pure physics called "calfing." Watch till end to get the full impact!

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