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PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina — The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters (230 ft) tall ...

The Perito Moreno glacier is seen after the rupture of a massive ice wall near the city of El Calafate in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, southern Argentina, March 4, 2012.REUTERS ...

EL CALAFATE, Argentina (AP) — A creak, a thunderous roar, and then the plunge: Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier calves several times a day, as hundreds of visitors strain to see which side it ...

Note: To advance to the next slide, simply click on the picture (or use your cursor keys in Firefox) Credit: REUTERS The glacier is one of more than 200 in Argentina’s Glaciers Park. It is one ...

Perito Moreno glacier has an extension of 257 square kilometres, 30 km. long and four wide, and is located 1,800 miles south of Buenos Aires, close to El Calafate.

The pressure from the weight of the Perito Moreno ice field causes the glacier to grow toward the southern arm of Lake Argentina, creating a dam. As the water volume increases in the dam, it ...

The Perito Moreno Glacier, named for a 19 th -century explorer, is currently 19 miles long and rises an average height of 240 feet above the water. Altogether, the glacier covers about 121 square ...