Thermometer measures temperature in ice core sample, Iceland

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Scientist drilling for ice cores samples on Vatnajokull Ice Cap. The Ice cores are drilled only 6 to 18 meters down which is only snow for one year. There is an ice lens between years in the snow separating the winters.

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Size: 3825px × 4569px
Location: Vatnajokull ice cap, Iceland
Photo credit: © Ragnar Th Sigurdsson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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