This satellite image shows the termini of several
glaciers in the Himalayan mountains of Bhutan. The
glaciers have been receding over the past few decades,
and lakes have formed on the surfaces and near the
termini of many of the glaciers.
(Source: NASA's ASTER (Advanced
Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer)
instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Image provided
by Jeffrey Kargel, USGS/NASA JPL/AGU, through NASA's
Earth
Observatory.)
