Friday Photo: Keeping cool
Workers cover the Zugspitze glacier with mets on June 3, 2009 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze (2,962 metres), is getting a special shield to protect its glacier from melting. Miguel Villagran/Getty Images
Workers cover the Zugspitze glacier with mets on June 3, 2009 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze (2,962 metres), is getting a special shield to protect its glacier from melting.
Miguel Villagran/Getty Images
Workers cover the Zugspitze glacier with mets on June 3, 2009 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze (2,962 metres), is getting a special shield to protect its glacier from melting.
Miguel Villagran/Getty Images
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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