Mapping the last glaciers in Oceania – in pictures

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Snow-covered Puncak Jaya with exposed rock faces and glacial ice surrounding a deep valley

Puncak Jaya in Indonesia is one of the last equatorial mountains with glaciers but the ice has retreated drastically because of the climate crisis. Project Pressure came to the mountain to create the first 3D model of the remaining ice before it disappears

‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s eternity glaciers

Puncak Jaya (4,884m) on Papua, Indonesia, is the tallest mountain in Oceania. Photograph: Klaus Thymann/Project Pressure

Words and photographs by Klaus Thymann/Project Pressure

Wed 27 May 2026 05.00 CEST

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