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Rongbuk Glacier, Tibet. Mount Everest at the top right.

The is no snout retreat over this interval, but the large increase in the area of meltwater lakes suggests significant thinning.


Stacked NASA World Wind images from the 1990 and 2000 NASA GeoCover collections (Landsat 4/5 and Landsat 7 TM/ETM false-colour images [1]).

worldwind://goto/world=Earth&lat=28.07778&lon=86.88972&alt=15648&dir=92.2&tilt=31.6


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[edit] Related glacier retreat images:

Tasman Glacier, New Zealand Puncak Jaya glaciers, Indonesia w:en:Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland
Athabasca Glacier, British Columbia San Rafael Glacier, Patagonia Rongbuk Glacier, Tibet
Umiamako Glacier, Western Greenland Baltoro Glacier, Karakorum Qori Kalis Glacier, Peru


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