Figure
17.-Oblique aerial photograph on 14 March 1980 of a recent rock avalanche
that fell onto Murchison Glacier during December 1979. Such deposits are readily
visible on satellite images. Their movement and distortion enable ice movement
to be monitored by satellite imagery. Photograph by Trevor J. H. Chinn, New Zealand
Geological Survey, film negative no. 8025.
U.S. Geological Survey,
U.S.Department of the Interior
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