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Iceland Streams Lattice Sandbar
Islandia Flumina Cancellos

Location

Iceland

Date

12/12/2015

Description

Summer meltwater from Iceland's Vatnajökull glacier creates a lattice of streams as it drains through the Eldvatnseyrar sands towards the Atlantic Ocean. Vatnajökull glacier is Europe’s largest glacier by area, but Earth’s warming temperatures erode it more and more every year.

Photo Link

https://www.instagram.com/p/_MnSn2DvKV/

Learn More

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatnaj%C3%B6kull
Daniel Beltra
Photographer/artist documenting man's impact on the planet.
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