Photographer James Balog from National Geographic has provided interesting pictures of Greenland, which were made in the summer. Greenland is the largest island on the planet, which is covered by ice. The island belongs to Denmark. Nuuk City is one of the largest cities in Greenland, its population is no more than 15 thousand people. Photos made in an interesting ways. The cameras are installed in specific locations and are charged by solar energy. Cameras are water- and windproof. In one year, each of the 35 installed cameras make up to 12 000 images, which allows the scientists to monitor the evolution of melting ice.
The photographer descends into a round hole, which has been created inthe ice.
During the melting of ice, water flows into a very deep natural well.
Here is one of the canyons of Greenland, which appeared as a result of melting ice. The ice thickness is sometimes up to 700 meters.
50-meter canyon.
The black spot you see in the picture is a mixture of dust, emissions from power plants and diesel engines. Because of these spots melting is much faster.
Such air bubbles in the ice, are the product of bacteria activity.
The dusty snow that can be seen in this photo, always lies near the well. The snow has such a color because of the water, which washes the dust.
The photograph descends into the well with snow melt water.
