Penitentes: Unusual Spikey Snowfall Creation in the Andes

On very high-altitude snow, such as those in the Andes hills, where the air is dry, snow can become amazing filter knives of ice up to several meters great. They are known as Nieves Penitentes or basically Penitentes. They take the way of high slim knives of solidified snow or ice carefully moving with the knives focused towards the typical route of the sun. They usually established in groups and variety from a few centimeters to 2 measures but penitentes as great as 5 measures has been registered. These pinnacles of snow or ice develop over all glaciated and snow protected places in the Dry Andes above 4,000 measures. Penitentes are a typical vision in the places between Argentina and Chile.

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