1) Patagonia View
16/11/2002 8:58:48 AM
· mountains are most beautiful when they are dotted with blue and white. |
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2) Patagonia Plant
16/11/2002 9:08:00 AM
· all plants in Patagonia has small leaves and taste bitter so they won't be eaten by animals |
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3) Glacier Valley
16/11/2002 9:31:38 AM
· valley was cut off by glacier, so it's very smooth now. |
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4) Falcon
16/11/2002 9:40:40 AM
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5) Dead Trees Killed By Flood
16/11/2002 9:58:26 AM
· no trees in the semi desert because wind was too strong
· trees only grew close to the mountains where they were well shielded
but these trees were killed by the flood when the lake was flooded by glacier water. |
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6) Moreno Glacier Far Away
16/11/2002 10:36:44 AM
Moreno Tour and Bus to El Chalten
· Chalten travel on main street
· Discount Price 120p for booking both at the same time. |
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7) Flowers And Glacier
16/11/2002 10:41:40 AM
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8) Moreno Glacier
16/11/2002 11:04:12 AM
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9) Big Ice
16/11/2002 11:15:18 AM
Fact: glacier formation
· when the bubbles trapped inside ice are compressed, they give the ice a deeper blue color (shorter wave length)
· when the ice is less compressed, it has more bubbles, so it has white color
· Ice itself has no color, it's only crystal |
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10) Ice World
16/11/2002 11:33:36 AM
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11) Penguin Kitty And Moreno Glacier
16/11/2002 11:44:30 AM
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12) Near The Glacier
16/11/2002 11:53:54 AM
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13) Ice In Glacier Lake
16/11/2002 12:07:30 PM
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14) A Hole In The Dam
16/11/2002 12:20:32 PM
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15) Plant Of The Glacier
16/11/2002 12:24:42 PM
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16) Full Of Ice
16/11/2002 12:27:04 PM
· The Glacier is 70m above, 100m under water, thickest part of the glacier is 700m |
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17) And More Ice
16/11/2002 12:27:40 PM
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18) Glacier Painter
16/11/2002 1:02:52 PM
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19) Dam Of Moreno Glacier
05/12/2002 11:28:12 PM
· From 1980 to 1988, a dam was formed between Lago Argentino and the lake below. When the dam collapsed, lake Argentino rose up 2 meter. |
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20) Ice Top
16/11/2002 1:20:54 PM
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21) What Else But Ice
16/11/2002 1:26:00 PM
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22) Hole Of Glacier
05/12/2002 11:33:24 PM
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23) Tourist Looking At Ice
16/11/2002 1:56:14 PM
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24) Penguin Kitty As A Tourist
16/11/2002 1:57:10 PM
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25) Ice Near Our Boat
16/11/2002 2:26:16 PM
See: Boat Tour for Glacier watching
· it only rained on the other side (near the mountain), near the coast, no rain
· boat tour cost 20p |
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26) Our Boat
16/11/2002 2:31:38 PM
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27) Falling Ice From Moreno Glacier
16/11/2002 2:36:10 PM
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28) From Begin To End
05/12/2002 11:53:48 PM
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29) Blue Ice On Top
16/11/2002 2:47:28 PM
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30) And Ice Wall
16/11/2002 2:50:44 PM
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31) Argentina
16/11/2002 2:57:38 PM
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