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单词 penitentes
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penitentes

Geology and Earth Sciences
  • Thin blades of snow or ice that stand upright, up to 2 m tall, surrounding a bowl-shaped depression several tens of centimetres in diameter, found at high altitudes on tropical mountains. First described by Charles Darwin in 1839 in Chile, they are named for the pointed caps worn by Roman Catholics doing penance.


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