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Mountain Glaciers
Retreating mountain glaciers in Bhutan. This satellite image shows the termini of several glaciers in the Himalayan mountains of Bhutan. The glaciers have been receding over the past few decades, and lakes have formed on the surfaces and near the termini of many of the glaciers.
(Source: NASA's ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Image provided by Jeffrey Kargel, USGS/NASA JPL/AGU, through NASA's Earth Observatory.)
