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| Coast of southern Chile and Andean ice fields: The extremely indented coastline of southern Chile, typical of ice-carved fiord landscapes (Norway is another example), appears in partial sunglint, stretched across the view. Cloud occupies the top of the view in Argentina. Two smaller light patches represent the ice fields of the southern Andes (lower right corner and lower center). These permanent ice fields are able to persist at 47° S, as remnants of far larger ice fields that existed during the last glacial age (20,000 years ago). The spidery fingers of Lake O'Higgins/San Martín appear next to the southern ice field on the Argentine side of the Andes. Other lakes are also dimly visible. |
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