Rapid changes 2005 and 2006

New collapse on the glacier margin: "In the presence of a mountain guide and a school party a section of the glacier collapsed, and a hole appeared, about 25x10 metres large." (pers. com. Dr. Max Maisch, Gg, Uni ZH). Photo 14.9.2006. The stream, which is here eroding the basal moraine, disappears in an ice tunnel on the lower left.

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