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ANTARCTICA Trans-Antarctic Mountains -- A view of the Transantarctic mountain range -- Picture by John Priscu / Lightroom Photos / US NSF

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ANTARCTICA Bratina Island -- 30 Mar 2008 -- Bratina Island lies at the northern tip of Brown Peninsula in the Ross Ice Shelf -- Picture by John Priscu / Lightroom Photos / US NSF

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EARTH Antarctica -- 17 Feb 2002 -- Several large, irregularly shaped icebergs are floating in the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, in this true-color MODIS image from February 17, 2002. The location of several of the bergs has changed little over the last three months. Similar slow-movers can be seen just to the east of the Larsen Ice Shelf, which hugs the eastern coast of the Peninsula. The northernmost of those two bergs is designated A38b; the southernmost one is A38a. These bergs were once part of an iceberg greater than 2,700 square miles that broke off the Ronne Ice Shelf (to the south) back in 1998. While the waters of the Weddell Sea in the area ought to be deep enough to float those bergs, it is possible that they have run aground on a topographic high, or ridge, in the sea floor. However, little is known about the underwater topography of that region, and it is also possible that the bergs are simply so massive that they resist being moved by surface wind or ocean currents. While four years might seem like a long time for an iceberg to hang around, these are certainly no record holders. A berg that broke off the Ross Ice Shelf (on the other side of Antarctica) drifted north and went aground south of Australia. That berg calved in 1987, and hasn't really moved in ten years. While the big bergs have not moved much in the span of time between these images, there is a big difference in the amount of sea ice present in the two images. In general, the rounder chunks of i

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ANTARCTICA Trans Antarctic Mountains -- 06 Dec 2004 -- Aerial view of glaciers in the Transantarctic mountains -- Picture by Emily Stone / Lightroom Photos / US NSF

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ANTARCTICA Byrd Glacier -- 2007 -- Satellite image of the Byrd Glacier in Antarctica -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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ANTARCTICA Palmer Station -- Sep 2009 -- The full moon sets on the sea ice at Palmer Station, Antarctica -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | US NSF

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EARTH Tibet -- 05 Jan 2007 -- The Tibetan Plateau contains the world's largest persistent ice mass outside of the Arctic and Antarctica. On January 5, 2007, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image showing part of a glacier-capped mountain chain about 110 kilometers (70 miles) west-northwest of the Tibetan city of Lhasa. Although the Tibetan Plateau itself is sparsely populated, millions of people in Asia depend on seasonal snow and glacier melt from the plateau for their water supply. Global warming is reducing winter snowpack and causing many Tibetan glaciers to shrink. In the short-term, melting glaciers have increased runoff in some river systems, providing more water, but also causing flooding and increasing the risk of dangerous glacial outburst floods. Many scientists are concerned about the long-term sustainability of glacier-fed water supplies as global temperatures continue to climb -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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NEPAL Mount Thamserku -- 23 Sep 2007 -- This image shows the glaciers on the western slopes of Mount Thamserku - a 6608 metre peak in the Himalayas and Mount Kangtega - a 6685 metre peak (left). According to the WWF for Nature and the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), many of these glaciers are in retreat as a result of global warming. Smaller glaciers like these far outnumber larger glaciers and are expected to disappear faster as temperatures rise. These glaciers contribute huge amounts of water to Asia's great rivers and will threaten agriculture as they melt away. Climate change is a result of carbon emmissions and is compounded in the Himalayas by "brown haze" (various pollutants in the air), which further quickens glacial retreat -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Imja Glacier -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial view of the Imja Glacier and the lake that has formed upon it which is a sign of it's decline. Higher temperatures are spelling the end for many of the great glaciers of the Himalayas and many are forming dangerous glacial lakes like this - which can cause devastating Glacial Overburst Flood events (known as GLOF) -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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NEPAL Mount Khumbila -- Revered as their protector diety by the local Sherpas, this mountain is the only one in the region which climbers are not allowed to ascend. The Sherpas also have a legend which states that when the mountain god looses it's snows and glaciers, great natural calamity will result -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mount Everest -- A composite image panorama of several 8000m peaks in the Khumbu Himalaya and in the foreground, the Ngozumpa Glacier. From the left - Mount Cho Oyu (far right), Mount Everest (8848m centre-left), Mount Lhotse and Mount Nuptse, Mount Makalu, Island Peak, Cholatse, Taboche. This is the splendid view from Gokyo Peak of the Great Himalayan Range -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Khumbu Himalaya -- 24 Sep 2007 -- Minor Himalayan glaciers on some of the lower peaks near Mount Cho Oyu. Glaciers like this and smaller are disappearing, some have already gone and scientists have noticed a retreating trend on many Himalayan glaciers since 1850. Smaller glaciers litter the Great Himalayan Range and due to temperature rises are expected to melt further - threatening the water supply and agriculture for over half a billion people -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mount Everest -- A composite image panorama of several 8000m peaks in the Khumbu Himalaya and in the foreground, the Ngozumpa Glacier. From the left - Mount Cho Oyu (far right), Mount Everest (8848m centre-left), Mount Lhotse and Mount Nuptse, Mount Makalu, Island Peak, Cholatse, Taboche. This is the splendid view from Gokyo Peak of the Great Himalayan Range -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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EARTH Antarctica -- 12-13 Jan 2010 -- Within a 24-hour space, an area of sea ice larger than the state of Rhode Island broke away from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf and shattered into many smaller pieces. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua and Terra satellites captured this event in this series of photo-like images from January 12 and January 13, 2010. The long, narrow tongue of ice is a bridge of sea ice linking the A-23A iceberg to the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf in West Antarctica. The ice bridge is fast ice, or sea ice that does not move because it is anchored to the shore. Compared to an ice shelf, the sea ice is a thin shell of ice over the ocean. The difference in thickness is visible in the images. The taller, thicker Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf casts a visible shadow on the ice bridge made of sea ice. This particular ice bridge breaks up and reforms regularly. Even though the images show a routine event, they provide a spectacular view of the sometimes dramatic arrival of summer in the Polar South -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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EARTH Antarctica -- 12-13 Jan 2010 -- Within a 24-hour space, an area of sea ice larger than the state of Rhode Island broke away from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf and shattered into many smaller pieces. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Aqua and Terra satellites captured this event in this series of photo-like images from January 12 and January 13, 2010. The long, narrow tongue of ice is a bridge of sea ice linking the A-23A iceberg to the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf in West Antarctica. The ice bridge is fast ice, or sea ice that does not move because it is anchored to the shore. Compared to an ice shelf, the sea ice is a thin shell of ice over the ocean. The difference in thickness is visible in the images. The taller, thicker Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf casts a visible shadow on the ice bridge made of sea ice. This particular ice bridge breaks up and reforms regularly. Even though the images show a routine event, they provide a spectacular view of the sometimes dramatic arrival of summer in the Polar South -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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EARTH Greenland -- 16 Dec 2010 -- Satellite image of Greenland showing ice dome and effects of climate change. Melting ice may be affecting sea temperatures and causing colder winters -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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EARTH The Alps -- 27 Jan 2011 -- The Alps form a crescent stretching from the Mediterranean coasts of Italy and France to Vienna, Austria. On January 17, 2011, clear skies afforded the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra satellite an uninterrupted view of the mountain range. This natural-color image shows snow-capped mountains interspersed with vegetated valleys. Clouds snake through valleys in the north and west, and a nearly continuous cloud bank fills the Po Valley in the south, but skies over the mountains are clear. The Alps began forming tens of millions of years ago, when the African tectonic plate slowly collided with the European plate. The plate collision helped close the western part of the ancient Tethys Sea and lifted up the massive European mountain chain that persists today -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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EARTH The Alps -- 27 Jan 2011 -- The Alps form a crescent stretching from the Mediterranean coasts of Italy and France to Vienna, Austria. On January 17, 2011, clear skies afforded the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra satellite an uninterrupted view of the mountain range. This natural-color image shows snow-capped mountains interspersed with vegetated valleys. Clouds snake through valleys in the north and west, and a nearly continuous cloud bank fills the Po Valley in the south, but skies over the mountains are clear. The Alps began forming tens of millions of years ago, when the African tectonic plate slowly collided with the European plate. The plate collision helped close the western part of the ancient Tethys Sea and lifted up the massive European mountain chain that persists today -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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ANTARCTICA Matusevich Glacier -- 06 Sep 2010 -- The Matusevich Glacier flows toward the coast of East Antarctica, pushing through a channel between the Lazarev Mountains and the northwestern tip of the Wilson Hills. Constrained by surrounding rocks, the river of ice holds together. But stresses resulting from the glacier?s movement make deep crevasses, or cracks, in the ice. After passing through the channel, the glacier has room to spread out as it floats on the ocean. The expanded area and the jostling of ocean waves prompts the ice to break apart, which it often does along existing crevasses. On September 6, 2010, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA?s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of the margin of Matusevich Glacier. Shown here just past the rock-lined channel, the glacier is calving large icebergs. Low-angled sunlight illuminates north-facing surfaces and casts long shadows to the south. Fast ice anchored to the shore surrounds both the glacier tongue and the icebergs it has calved. Compared to the glacier and icebergs, the fast ice is thinner with a smoother surface. Out to sea (image left), the sea ice is even thinner and moves with winds and currents. Matusevich Glacier does not drain a significant amount of ice off of the Antarctic continent, so the glacier?s advances and retreats lack global significance. Like other Antarctic glaciers, however, Matusevich helps glaciologists form a larger picture of Antarctica?s glacial health and ice sh

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NEPAL Phortse -- 04 Oct 2007 -- A view of the Sherpa village of Phortse, one of the highest human settlements in the world at approx 4000m altitude in the Khumbu Himalaya (Everest region) of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Sagarmatha National Park -- A panorama showing the Lhostse Massif and Mount Everest - the world's tallest peak at 8848m (peak on the right). On the left is the summit of Mount Nuptse and on the right is the summits of Mount Lhotse and Lhotse Shah and on the far right Peak 38 -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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HEARD ISLAND, BIG BEN, ANTARCTICA Heard Island -- c.2003 -- "Big Ben" dome on Heard Island in Antarctica photographed from the International Space Station -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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NEPAL Khumbu Himalaya -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial view of the northern face of Mount Ama Dablam in the Khumbu Himalaya ( Everest Region ) of Nepal. The four glaciers of this peak have been receeding fast in recent years due to increased temperatures from global warming and climate change -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Everest Base Camp -- 16 Apr 2005 -- A view looking south of the massive Khumbu Glacier, just south of Everest Base Camp. Like on many of the world's glaciers, here on the main Khumbu Glacier, extensive melting is evident. Glacier scientists say this glacier is nearly dead and in terminal meltdown -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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This glacier on the Khunjerab Pass at 16,000 feet above sea level, is adjacent to the highest border crossing on a paved road in the world.

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NEPAL Langtang National Park -- Apr 2009 -- Forest fire in Langtang National Park. Hundreds of forest fires across the Nepal Himalaya burnt thousands of hectares of forest in the spring of 2009. People in the foreground watch them over the village of Thulo Bharku -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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EARTH Baffin Island -- 11 Jul 2009 -- In the depths of winter, ice hugs the coastline of Canada's Baffin Island. Summertime sunlight, however, dramatically melts the ice away from the coastline. Seasonal sea ice retreat was well underway when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite acquired this natural-color (photo-like) image on July 11, 2009. Clouds often hover over the Arctic during the Northern Hemisphere summer, making cloud-free images such as this one relatively rare. Although a few wispy clouds appear in the upper right and lower left corners of this image, the delicate swirls of white running along the eastern edge of Baffin Island are sea ice. Eddies along Baffin Island?s coast have fashioned the ice into interlocking swirls, especially near Cumberland Sound. Farther north, a long band of ice holds fast to the shore east of Barnes Icecap. Although less inclined to move with the currents, this ice also shows signs of weakening, as its edges splinter, and pieces float away. The sea ice retreat captured in this image appears typical of seasonal melt. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, however, Arctic sea ice extent has declined sharply, experiencing a series of low summertime extents and poor wintertime recoveries. Arctic sea ice extent set a record low in September 2007. As of July 22, 2009, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported that, in the first half of July 2009, sea ice declined faster than it did in 2008, but not

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ANTARCTICA McMurdo Dry Valleys -- 20 Jan 2007 -- The Labyrinth is a maze-like area in the McMurdo Dry Valleys that scientists say was created by an ancient flood -- Picture by Peter Rejcek / Lightroom Photos / NSF

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ANTARCTIC PENINSULA : MOUNT SCOTT (2,887 ft /880m.) emerges from cloud at the southern end of the Lemaire Channel ref : 150.1/3/12

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NEPAL Solu Khumbu -- Dec 2005 -- Working to lessen the effects of global-warming induced floods which now affect the Sherpas in the village of Phakding. Here some of them examine ways to remove a large boulder from the riverbed of a tributary of the Dudh Khosi River. By removing the boulder they hope to avoid future flood events harming the village, some 10 metres above this riverbed. Upon his return journey, the photographer noted that the locals had managed to successfully remove the boulder

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NEPAL Khumbu Valley -- 03 Aug 2007 -- This panoramic image shows the Lobuche Khola (river) in full Monsoon flow. Inreased runoff water - due to climate change - from large glaciers like the Khumbu Glacier above this river is contributing to severe Monsoon floods in the Terai of Nepal, northeastern India and Bangladesh. This year's floods were very severe, displacing some 30-40 million people and causing thousands of deaths due to polluted water supplies. Similar flooding occurred in 2004 and is expected to continue in the coming years, until there is no more glacial water, then scientists say, south Asia is likely to suffer widespread drought -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Khumjung -- Mount Ama Dablam - a 6,800m + peak in the Nepali Khumbu Himalaya dominates this view of the Sherpa village of Khumjung -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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EUROPE United Kingdom | Ireland -- 08 Dec 2010 -- It's Snow White...Snow cover over the British Isles including the Republic of Ireland on the 8th December 2010 as seen from the MODIS instrument on the NASA Terra satellite. Arctic conditions abated for a few days before blanketing most of the country once again on the 16th December 2010. In some areas recorded temperatures are the coldest since records began in 1910 -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA | Geodaas | University of Dundee

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NEPAL Sagarmatha National Park -- Jul 2007 -- Mount Everest (8848m) is featured in this image (left) with parts of the Lhotse Massif visible. This is a typical Monsoon view of the snowy peaks. Trekking the Everest region in the Monsoon months is becoming increasingly popular for some. While the views are not so spectacular as in the main seasons, the elusive, cloudy landscapes are enchanting. The Monsoon reveals a different side of the Everest region, with bright displays of flowers and less trekkers, allowing for a different trek to the usual one -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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EARTH India -- 1990s -- Nangpa Parbat in Himanchal Pradesh in northern India photographed by a NASA astronaut -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA

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NEPAL Gokyo Peak -- The view down the Gokyo valley from the slopes of Gokyo Peak in the Khumbu Himalaya of Nepal -- Picture by Jon Mitchell | Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Mount Khumbila -- Mount Khumbila (Khumbi Yul Lah, 5761m) dominates the right of this image and Mount Phuletate (5597m). Mount Khumbila is an interesting mountain as it is the only one which climbers are not allowed to summit. This is due to the fact that local Sherpas regard this mountain as the guardian diety of the Khumbu Himal. There is also a Sherpa legend which says that when there is no snow on this mountain (as is often the case throughout the year), that natural disasters will follow. Science bears out this legend these days, as climate change melts the regions glaciers, drought and worse are expected in the coming decades -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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ANTARCTICA - an aerial photograph of the Brucher Glacier as it pours into ice-choked Lallemand Fjord on the Loubet Coast of Graham Land. ref:1006217

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NEPAL Everest Base Camp -- 16 Apr 2005 -- A view looking south of the massive Khumbu Glacier, just south of Everest Base Camp. Like on many of the world's glaciers, here on the main Khumbu Glacier, extensive melting is evident. Scientists have warned that rising temperatures from global warming may cause the demise of these Himalayan ice falls and glaciers - some already melting fast. The effects of this are likely to affect many Asian nations, as these glaciers - and those in neighbouring Tibet - feed most of the large river systems from Pakistan to China. Widespread flooding has began and is expected to continue. In the 2004 Monsoon, some 30 million people in Nepal, India and Bangladesh were affected by serious flooding. Scientists add that after the glaciers have melted, their departure will lead to widespread drought across many areas of Asia. Glaciers are melting all over the world, here in the high Himalaya, on average, glaciers are receeding by around 15m + per year, a statistic which increases as the temperature rises -- Picture

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EARTH CHINA Tien Shan Mountains -- 16 Mar 2011 -- The Tien Shan??celestial mountains? in Chinese - is one of the largest continuous mountain ranges in the world, extending approximately 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) roughly east-west across Central Asia. This image shows a view of the central Tien Shan, about 64 kilometers (40 miles) east of where the borders of China, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan meet. Two high peaks of the central Tien Shan are identifiable in the image. Xuelian Feng has a summit of 6, 527 meters (21,414 feet) above sea level. To the east, Peak 6231 has a summit 6,231 meters (20,443 feet) above sea level -- Picture by Lightroom Photos | NASA

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NEPAL Dig Tsho -- Dec 2005 -- Pretty but leathal.. .a small morrain dyke is the only defence of a glacial overburst spill from Dig Tsho lake at the top of the Langmoche Valley Scientists say these huge Himalayan glaciers are melting fast which could threaten Asia's water supply in the future having a devastating impact on the region's agriculture. This lake burst in 1985 washing away several houses and many hectares of pasture land. In total, damage was estimated at US$5m -- Picture by Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos

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NEPAL Dig Tsho -- Dec 2005 -- Herdsman Angphoura Sherpa of Thame with one of his herd of 28 Yaks prepares to leave his mountain pastures for the winter. Angphoura lives in some fear of a glacial overburst spill from Dig Tsho lake (visible behind the Yak) at the top of the Langmoche Valley. This lake burst in 1985 washing away several houses and many hectares of pasture land (including some his own). In total, damage was estimated at US$5m. Scientists have proved these huge Himalayan glaciers are melting fast which could threaten Asia's water supply in the future having a devastating impact on the region's agriculture -- Picture

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EARTH Bhutan -- 28 Oct 2009 -- As glaciers grind their way across the landscape, they pile up rocky debris, forming moraines. At the terminus of a glacier, moraines can act as natural dams for lakes filled with melt water. When they fail, they can create catastrophic glacial outburst floods. On October 7, 1994, in the Bhutan Himalaya, a partial collapse of a moraine along the edge of the Luggye Lake released a glacial outburst flood that killed 21 people and swept away livestock, crops, and homes. This natural-color image of the southern slopes of Bhutan's Table Mountain shows where the 1994 glacial outburst flood occurred. Luggye Lake broke through the moraine at the southwest corner, and the flood scoured a path down the Pho Cho River. Unfortunately for residents down the valley, Luggye is not the only dangerous glacier in the region. Officials are also concerned about the Thorthormi Glacier Lake and the unstable moraine separating it from Raphstreng Lake, to the west. Raphstreng Lake is (centre) roughly 80 meters (260 feet) lower in elevation than the lake forming at the terminus of Thorthormi Glacier, and an outburst flood from Thorthormi into Raphstreng could easily cause the lower lake to overflow as well. The combined outpouring of meltwater and rock debris could be even more devastating than the 1994 disaster. To reduce the likelihood of a glacial outburst flood, Bhutan has begun a project to lower the water levels of both glacial lakes. In an area where heavy equipment could tum

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USA Virginia -- 26 Dec 2010 -- Approximately 100 Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard's 116th Brigade Combat Team were called to state active duty 25th December 2010 in Norfolk Virginia in response to a severe snow storm which dropped a record amount of snow on the Hampton Roads area -- Picture by A J Coyne | Lightroom Photos | US Army

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NEPAL Everest Base Camp -- 16 Apr 2005 -- Aerial view of the Khumbu Ice Fall underneath Mount Everest - near Everest Base Camp in the Everest Himalaya of Nepal -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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NEPAL Pumo Ri Base Camp -- Dec 2005 -- Self portrait of photojournalist Jonathan Mitchell working high up in the Khumbu Himalaya in December 2005 taken near Pumo Ri Base Camp in Nepal. In the background is Mount Everest on the upper centre right and Tibet on the left of the image. The landscape of the high Himalaya has changed in recent years as the ice receeds on it's glaciers from an acceleration of a natural trend caused by carbon emissions. Photojournalist Jonathan Mitchell spent six weeks documenting this in December 2005 to January 2006 and later a whole year in the Everest Region documenting the effects of climate change upon the Sherpas of the Khumbu Himalaya -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos *Model Released

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NEPAL Nagarkot -- A dawn view of Ganesh Himal through the haze produced by the nearby Kathmandu Valley. Air pollution is a serious problem in the Himalayan city and is exasperated by low winter rainfall -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell

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ANTARCTIC PENINSULA : the CAPE RENARD ROCK SPIRES ( the highest rises 2,450 ft / 747 m.from the sea ) rise sheer from the shore above the northern entrance to the Lemaire Channel, Petermann Islands off Graham Land's Danco Coast. ref: 1032613.021

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