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Link to snapshots of Endicott Arm fjord and a glacier, near Juneau
http://www.pbase.com/gould/endicott_arm
I still need to dust off a few of these images (picked up some lint on the 18-55 mm, obviously) If you get a message that reads "Creating Thumbnail", just click on it and the photo will appear. Probably some of the most "stereotypical" scenery we enjoyed in AK, and my poor photo skills don't do the area justice. Folks interested in climate change will note two long black streaks that look like "tire tracks" on the glacier. They aren't tire tracks, but they are a glacial "morain" (sp?) and contain debris that was captured during previous advances of the glacier. They are parallel because the glacier is contained by a valley with fairly consistent borders. It's also possible to see that this particulare glacier is currently retreating. The "scrubbed" areas along the surrounding mountainsides indicate exactly where the ice *used* to be. It is normal for individual glaciers to advance and retreat over long periods of time. |