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As Glaciers Worldwide Are Retreating, One Defies the Trend

By National Land Imaging Program
Satellite image showing the Patagonia Icefield melting of glaciers.
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Pio XI flows from the SPI toward the west then splits into two fronts. From 1998 to 2014, the southern front advanced 593 meters. The northern front, which flows into Lake Greve, advanced 107 meters in the same time period. This pair of Landsat images shows that all of the other glaciers that flow down from the SPI into Lake Greve are retreating.

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Land Remote Sensing Image of the Week, Dec 7, 2016