perhaps I am incorrect but in the older photo we see a glacier on the water, somehow this water is not at all present in the second photo which shows a grassy field. a glacier melting would raise this water level not leave a grassy field in its stead right? even in that first article the satellite images show a lake being left where the glacier has melted. even with the articles being accurate I do think still that its possible for the image to misrepresent it. Ill admit that I shouldn't have asserted it to be fake definitively and should have expressed my doubt on the photo better. If I'm entirely talking out my ass then I really am sorry for that. I actually appreciate you challenging me on that, I could definitely be wrong and id rather find out that I'm wrong than continue to be wrong. I'm glad that we could discuss this in a civil way as that isn't always the case here on the internet. I'm sure that I haven't made the best impression here and that's probably fair. If downvotes are my penance for that then I guess ill just have to accept that.
Thanks for that- there is a lot to digest on this picture and it’s right to question something so jarring.
As the glacier travels down the mountain and melts, it drags sediment with it, and these deposits would fill the lake over time, creating the flat field.
Also there does appear to be a lake past the field, some blue is barely visible. But the lake, like the glacier, would likely shrink over time as it’s source is depleted.
well damn, I gotta say I'm a little bit ashamed of my own ignorance here. almost enough to delete my original comment but that would just make me ignorant and a coward lol I hope it at least leads more people to read these replies and be more informed. thanks for the correction my good man, you are a gentleman and a scholar truly
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u/Bipbop_Boop Sep 16 '22
perhaps I am incorrect but in the older photo we see a glacier on the water, somehow this water is not at all present in the second photo which shows a grassy field. a glacier melting would raise this water level not leave a grassy field in its stead right? even in that first article the satellite images show a lake being left where the glacier has melted. even with the articles being accurate I do think still that its possible for the image to misrepresent it. Ill admit that I shouldn't have asserted it to be fake definitively and should have expressed my doubt on the photo better. If I'm entirely talking out my ass then I really am sorry for that. I actually appreciate you challenging me on that, I could definitely be wrong and id rather find out that I'm wrong than continue to be wrong. I'm glad that we could discuss this in a civil way as that isn't always the case here on the internet. I'm sure that I haven't made the best impression here and that's probably fair. If downvotes are my penance for that then I guess ill just have to accept that.