Tasman Glacier and glacial lake 2007 and 2008

The ice margin in March 2007, illustrating the 1-2 m-thick supraglacial debris layer, the relatively clean ice below, and the debris-fan below that has accumulated as the ice cliff melts back. The cylindrical holes on the right are englacial tunnels that once carried meltwater. Approaching such cliffs is dangerous as big boulders can topple off into the water.

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