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Rising glacial lake in Alaska

By Communications and Publishing
A screenshot from a video of a rising glacial lake in Alaska. The lake is filled with large chunks of ice.
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This is a screenshot taken from a timelapse video of a rising glacial lake from May through August 2023. The video was captured by a USGS Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera. The water level in the lake gradually rises throughout the video and then the water level dramatically decreases towards the end of the video. The lake is filled with large chunks of ice.

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Public Domain.