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The upper part of the San Francisco Glacier (here in pink) can be seen in the middle of this face of the peak bearing the same name. Scientific studies say the glacier, which helps supply water to the capital city, is losing mass.
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The upper part of the San Francisco Glacier and the peak on the right, Mirador del Morado, also bears a glacier near the top. Both lie near the Chilean/Argentine border.
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Information on Chile's retreating glaciers prepared by CECS, the Center of Scientific Studies is on display at a street exhibition.
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Information on Chile's retreating glaciers prepared by CECS, Chile's Center of Scientific Studies, shows the shinkage of the O'Higgins Glacier from 1937 to 2005.
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Information on Chile's retreating glaciers prepared by CECS, the Chilean Center of Scientific Studies, shows that the Glacier Juncal Norte has lost close to 18 percent of its surface coverage since 1955. The glacier drains into the Aconcagua River watershed, northeast of Santiago.
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Geologist for the Public Works ministry Sebastian Vivero looks over his maps of the mountains southeast of Santiago. Scientific studies show that glaciers are receeding in Chile which help supply the capital with water.
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Ski season is over on these slopes above the Maipo River Canyon. Giant glaciers are disappearing. Snow no longer falls in the spring, replaced instead by tepid rains.
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Ski lifts stand over barren ground after the snow has melted in Lagunillas, Chile.
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