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Surface velocity field for the Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan based on six Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar images taken from 2003 to 2008. The analysis of mutli-temporal data such as these allows changes in the glacier velocity pattern to be detected accurately and quickly. Inset: Centreline velocity profile; location as depicted by dashed yellow line in main image. Note the gradual increase in flow with distance from the terminus, as is common on debris-covered glaciers, and the velocity maximum at Concordia, which is associated with the confluence of the two major tributary glaciers, the Godwin Austen Glacier and the Baltoro South Glacier.