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Bolivia

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10.20.06 | glacier
8.11.06 | red line = 8/11/2006, orange line = 8/11/2008, Chacaltaya Glacier, Bolivia.This mountainside was once completely covered by a glacier. Remnants from the 1940s of what was once the world's highest ski at 17,000 feet can still be seen on the ice. Experts estimate the glacier willbe entirely gone in the next few years.
8.9.06 | A full moon rises over the city lights of La Paz. The coppery color of the moonrise is a result of smog and dust in the atmosphere. Illimani, the highest mountain in Bolivia at 21,125/6,439m, rises above the city.Every glacier in the central and northern Andes, has been in rapid retreat since the late 1970’s. The lower glaciers are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year; the higher glaciers at 0.5 meters per year. With the human populations below the peaks dependant on the water stored in fast-shrinking glaciers like this one, trouble lies ahead if these melting trends continue.
8.11.06 | Global warming has reduced Chacaltaya Glacier, a real glacier as recently as the 1970’s, to patches of snow. The glacier was so substantial, in fact, that the Club Andino Boliviano built a ski lift and small lodge on the site in 1940 for recreation. Poles from the former ski lift are still visible. Every glacier in the northern and central Andes, has been in retreat since the late 1970’s. Glaciers like this one are thinning at the average rate of 1.1 meters per year.
8.15.06 | glacier
8.15.06 | glacier

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