LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Cracks threatening to break up a massive glacier atop the Peruvian Andes have caught the attention of a NASA satellite, which has begun keeping watch for any signs of what could be a catastrophic meltdown, the US space agency said.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is working with Peruvian government officials and geologists to monitor the glacier, which feeds Lake Palcacocha, high above the town of Huaraz, 170 miles (270 kilometers) north of Lima, it said.


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