Crevasse (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Crevasse

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A view of the crevasse field downstream of the section of the firn aquifer that Kristin Poinar studied. Water is not visible in the crevasses, because meltwater doesn't enter them until about 40 feet below the surface, where the firn aquifer lies.

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Clement Miège, University of Utah

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