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Melting glacier reveals World War I ammunition

via photoblog.nbcnews.com 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Melting glacier reveals World War I ammunition

..."Some of the more than 200 pieces of World War I ammunition which emerged from a melting glacier on a Trentino mountain peak are seen, Aug. 31. Each piece weighs between 7-10 kilos, and the 85-100 mm caliber explosive devices were found at an altitude of 3,200 meters, when a once-perennial glacier on the Ago de Nardis peak partially melted due to a recent heat wave that reached into Italy's highest peaks."...

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AcmeExplosives 8 months, 3 weeks ago

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