Living ice

Glaciers that flow over icefalls commonly produce structures called ogives - surface waves at the base, followed by curving light and dark bands reflecting the way the ice flows. Many scientists believe that they are produced annually. These ogives are at Bas Glacier d’Arolla in Valais, Switzerland, but unusually are not being produced annually at the present time. MH

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