Moulin on Ryder Glacier

A large moulin on the upper portion of Ryder Glacier.  Moulins are holes in the ice sheet into which summer meltwater drains from channels etched onto the glacier surface.  The fate of this water once it enters such moulins is the subject of considerable scientific interest.

Credits
NASA/John Sonntag
Subject
Other
Mission
OIB

 

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