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I suspect it gets more and more so as the ice melts and particles trapped in the ice don't.

• fatihpense 2y ago
  Interesting argument, so you think the non-white particles of each layer might accumulate while layers of ice melt
  • itishappy 2y ago
    I could also see them washing off with the meltwater, but I'd bet some stick around. I'm no expert, so I'd take my ideas with a grain of salt.
  • hinkley 2y ago
    There are pictures where people walked out on snowpack and scooped out a handful of snow, then they come back months later and there's an ice stalactite as tall as a man left behind.