beautiful glaciers in the world

Victoria Glacier sits above Lake Louise in Albertas Banff National Park. The color of the lake is derived from rock flour deposited into the lake by glacial meltwater.

The Surprise Glacier is part of Alaskas Denali National Park and Preserve. The glacier is known for being an extraordinary site to witness glacier calving.

Known as Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in English, the Yulong Glacier reaches an elevation of 12,000 feet.

Located in Los Glaciares National Park, the Upsala Glacier is also part of the Southern Patagonia Ice Field. The glacier feeds the better-known Perito Moreno Glacier.

Nigardsbreen is an arm of Norways much larger Jostedalsbreen, located in Jostedalsbreen National Park. Sizeable ice caves can be found underneath the Nigardsbreen glacier.

Located in the same national park as Fox Glacier, Franz Josef sits 12 miles to the north. It has gone through a cyclical pattern of advance and retreat in the recent past.

The Baltoro Glacier is found in Pakistans mountainous region of Baltistan. The glacier flows into the Shigar River.

Pasterze Glacier is the longest in Austria, measuring 5.2 miles in length. But not for long

The Ngozumpa Glacier is the Himalayas longest, sitting beneath Cho Oyu (the sixth-highest mountain in the world). The glacier, which flows rather slowly, deposits into a meltwater lake named Spillway.

Furtwngler Glacier sits at Mount Kilimanjaros summit. A striking casualty of climate change, the glacier is expected to melt completely by 2020.