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Original - A moulin is a deep crevasse in a glacier where water flows into the glacier from the surface. They can be hundreds of metres deep and can form glacier caves. At the time of photographing, this moulin was perhaps one metre wide, three or four metres long, and 30 to 40 metres deep. It is situated in Langjökull, the second-largest glacier in Iceland. Langjökull is up to 580 metres deep and has a surface area of 925 km2.
Reason
Look into the abyss, but don't fall in, :) Although we have a couple of other images of moulins, I don't think they convey "depth" as well as this one does. You can see water entering near the top of the photograph, but it's not enough to obstruct views of the walls of ice either side. As far as crevasses go, this is a super cool one. The quality and resolution are also decent.
Articles in which this image appears
Langjökull, though could feasibly go in moulin (geology) if the article is expanded a little.
Creator
Ville Miettinen
  • Fixed the links, thanks. Can't really help with the scale, except to perhaps point out the dimensions given in the file description. I've added the measurements to the caption. Maedin\talk 16:12, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]