Cryosphere (14 photos)

Ice cover 10 percent of the surface of planet Earth.
On all continents except Australia, they are.
Ices play a key role in the entire ecosystem of the planet.
Despite all the achievements of our civilization man is still with great difficulty can study the cryosphere.
Photos presented below show the amazing beauty of the kingdom of ice.

Satellite image Formosat-2, the ice shelf Wilkinson.





The picture is the same but the shelf satellite Terrasat.



Northeastern coast of Greenland.



The Sea of ​​Okhotsk.



The Sea of ​​Okhotsk.



Glaciers Hampton and Moran.



Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica.



Arctic.



Shelf Eyles, Canada.



Bering Strait.



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Labrador.



Shelf of Russia.



Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, almost covered with ice.

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