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Glaciers and Snow in the Alps Seen From Space

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
March 12, 2017
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Glaciers and Snow in the Alps Seen From Space
The Alps
ESA/NASA

Thomas Pesquet: Glaciers and snow in the Alps, look a bit like whipped egg whites. And they are fragile like eggs too, you can see the traces of melting already.
Les glaciers et la neige, au milieu des alpes, ont une texture d’œufs… en neige ! Mais la fonte de certains est visible.

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