Friday Photo: Keeping cool

Posted By Joshua Keating Friday, June 5, 2009 - 5:51 PM Share

Workers cover the Zugspitze glacier with mets on June 3, 2009 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze (2,962 metres), is getting a special shield to protect its glacier from melting.

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BEEZLE

10:23 PM ET

June 5, 2009

not exactly a tall one is it

9700 feet? no wonder the snow keeps melting.

 

DAVID ACAI

3:22 PM ET

June 6, 2009

So Cool - Literally

This is such an interesting concept. Insulating the glaciers to try to stop the melting. I saw this on one of cable channels, Discovery maybe. Either way, very interesting.

 

HOODIAGORDONII

3:41 AM ET

June 30, 2009

Protect Environment??

Protecting glaciers from melting is a new and amazing one. Is the glacier protects really?

 

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