Lake Gray Glacier melting in a stream of blue water, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, South America

Snow-covered mountains and glacial meltwater lake in Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Perito Moreno Glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site, around El Calafate, Santa Cruz province, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Snow-covered mountains and glacial meltwater lake in Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Snow-covered mountains and glacial meltwater lake in Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Glacier and meltwater lake in St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Glacier and meltwater lake in St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Meltwater lake on Mount Rainier from the Burroughs Mountain Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, United States of America, North America

Meltwater lake on Mount Rainier from the Burroughs Mountain Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, United States of America, North America

Meltwater lake on Mount Rainier from the Burroughs Mountain Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, United States of America, North America

The edge of the Greenland ice sheet melting in summer above Camp Victor, north of Ilulissat on Greenland's west coast, Greenland, Polar Regions

Melt water on the Greenland ice sheet near Camp Victor north of Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

Gale force winds in 2008 blew water from a waterfall in Stake Pass back up the hill coating the surrounding area in thick ice, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds in 2008 blew water from a waterfall in Stake Pass back up the hill coating the surrounding area in thick ice, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds in 2008 blew water from a waterfall in Stake Pass back up the hill coating the surrounding area in thick ice, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gale force winds in 2008 blew water from a waterfall in Stake Pass back up the hill coating the surrounding area in thick ice, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Melt water on the Greenland ice sheet near camp Victor north of Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

A meltwater lake on a receding glacier above Zermatt, Switzerland, Europe

A meltwater lake on a receding glacier above Zermatt, Switzerland, Europe

Illuminated mountain hut in the Swiss mountains, Switzerland, mountain range, mountain hut,

Ice chapel with meltwater stream, ice field at the foot of the Watzmann east face, Berchtesgaden National Park, Watzmann, Schoenau am Koenigssee, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Springtime mountain landscape with meltwater pools and spruce trees, Gilfert in the background, Naunz, Tux Pre-Alps, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Blue glacial ice is exposed inside an ice cave at the terminus of Mendenhall Glacier, Mendenhall Lake, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, United States of America

View of harbor with ice in Lake Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland