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‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers

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Duncan Porter , a software developer from Bristol , posted photos of himself and his wife at the same spot in the Swiss Alps in August 2009 and August 2024 .

The white ice that filled the background has shrunk to reveal grey rock.

A once-small pool at the bottom, out of sight in the original, has turned into a vast green lake.

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