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North Meets South? Glaciers Move Together in Far-flung Regions
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Moraines in Rio Blanco Valley, Peru, were deposited by a glacier in about AD 1810.
Credit: Joe Licciardi
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Moraine ridges in a valley; base camp tents are visible in the lower right.
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Lakes are impounded behind an inner glacial moraine in a valley in Peru.
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A large boulder sits atop the inner moraine in the Rio Blanco Valley; a daypack shows scale.
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University of New Hampshire graduate student Jean Taggart chisels a sample of a boulder.
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