Huge Ice Falls at Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier Stir Awe, Concern

Huge Ice Falls at Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier Stir Awe, Concern

PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina (Reuters) — The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters tall — the size of a 20-story building — collapses from the face of the Perito Moreno glacier into the aquamarine water below.