Moreno Glacier

One of only a couple of Glaciers still growing, this one moves down the mountain and into a river, dividing it completely each year. The water then melts a tunnel beneath the glacier and eventually they have what is called rapture. The arch that has been created, and its so much bigger than it appears, will collapse... Sending enormous chunks of ice into the water, resulting in waves, ice bergs and of course that one-of-a-kind noise!




Today was a highlight of South America. We traveled about an hour from our hostel at El Calafate to Moreno Glacier, which turned on the best weather and managed to drop large (house sized or bigger) chunks of itself into the lake as we watched. (Bear in mind the glacier you see is 60m above the water.)









For those that would like to know what a glacier sounds like as it shears off and collapses.... thunder and loud cracking! Ominous!!!