[:ja]画像の左下のグレベ湖の南側に広がっているのが、地球観測衛星Landsat-8が撮影した、チリ・ベルナルド・オヒギンス国立公園内のピオ11氷河（別名ブリューゲン氷河）です。この氷河は、南半球最大最長（南極を除く）で、今日でも広がり続けています。
ちなみに、パタゴニアは年間を通して低温で風が強い地域として有名ですが、アンデス山脈を境に西のチリ側には氷河によって形成された大規模なフィヨルドが広がります。
ちなみに、ナショナルジオグラフィック誌2010年2月号にパタゴニアの氷河の特集「南米の氷河の絶景 パタゴニア」があります。
参考文献： Pío XI Glacier, Chile (ESA)
ウェブ地球儀で地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.124: Pio XI Glacier, Chile
Pio XI Glacier, also known as Brüggen Glacier, captured by Landsat-8 satellite is shown at the lower left hand corner, just south of Lake Greve. Pio XI Glacier is located in Bernardo O’Higgins National Park and is the longest in southern hemisphere outside Antarctica. It has still been advancing north and south.
Patagonia is known for its low temperature and strong winds throughout the year, and in the western side of the Andes Mountains stretches glaciers and fjord.
For reference, National Geographic’s February 2010 issue featured the glaciers of the Patagonia “Pío XI Glacier, Chile (ESA)
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.124: Pio XI Glacier, Chile
Pio XI Glacier, also known as Brüggen Glacier, captured by Landsat-8 satellite is shown at the lower left hand corner, just south of Lake Greve. Pio XI Glacier is located in Bernardo O’Higgins National Park and is the longest in southern hemisphere outside Antarctica. It has still been advancing north and south.
Patagonia is known for its low temperature and strong winds throughout the year, and in the western side of the Andes Mountains stretches glaciers and fjord.
For reference, National Geographic’s February 2010 issue featured the glaciers of the Patagonia “Pío XI Glacier, Chile (ESA)
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]