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Rock Glacier near Ouray, Colorado
August 21, 2012 | Colorado Geological Survey on Facebook

The Colorado Geological Survey has a great photo of a rock glacier near Ouray, Colorado. A rock glacier is a large accumulation of rock with interstitial ice that flows down slope like a glacier. View this feature on a Google Map.


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