Nature's conveyor belt

The parallel ‘tramlines’ on the Grosser Aletschgletscher, Berner Oberland, Switzerland, are medial moraines, each formed where two ice streams combine. The three peaks in the background, from left to right, are Jungfrau (4158 m), Mönch (4099 m) and Eiger (3970 m). MH

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