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January 31, 2022
Olivares Beta and Gamma Glaciers, Chile Bare of Snowcover in 2022
Olivares Beta (B) and Olivares Gamma (G) Glacier in Sentinel image from 1-23-2022, illustrating the lack of retained snowcover with 8 weeks left in the melt season. The yellow arrow marks proglacial lakes below each glacier. The red arrow an area of emerging bedrock on the upper Beta, X marks a location where the glaciers were joined in 1986 and now have separated. Olivares Beta and Olivares Gamma Glacier are …