The Great Aletsch Glacier is one of Europe’s largest glaciers, winding over 14 miles through the Swiss Alps.
And it’s vanishing rapidly.
Andreas Vieli, a professor heading a team of glaciology experts at the University of Zurich, recently told Reuters that the Aletsch Glacier could lost 90% of its ice before the end of the century from warming temperatures.
To make sure this majestic, vast river of ice is not forgotten, Switzerland-based news photographer Denis Balibouse took these gorgeous photos of the Aletsch Glacier.
Enjoy.
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The Aletsch glacier in southern Switzerland is the largest glacier in the Alps. It’s so large that you can see it from space, which is handy for tracking its retreat over time.
These two comparison photos, taken by NASA satellites, show how the outer edges of the Aletsch Glacier have shrunk. The top photo was taken in summer 2014; the bottom one was taken in summer 1987.
On either side of the Aletsch Glacier are mountains that can tower as tall as 2.5 miles.
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Gorgeous photos of a rapidly vanishing natural wonder that could be gone before 2100
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