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Utah mountain ranges may store a billion tons of hidden ice

Utah mountain ranges may store a billion tons of hidden iceWorldPing

Unlike conventional glaciers, rock glaciers appear as piles of rock that obscure large masses of unaccounted-for ice. Rock glaciers are common in the Wasatch and Uinta ranges, even appearing on the Colorado Plateau in the La Sal Mountains near Moab.

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