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15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Glacial Melt Landscape

As glaciers melt in pulses along with the sun, they create unique, wide, shallow and braided rivers, with unique patterns and textures due to minerals, sediment and silt suspended in the flow.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Iceland
Camera: NIKON D810
Copyright: © Aya Okawa