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Mountain Moonscape - Infared

Armchair Glacier and the ribbed volcanic crater rim of Mount Weart (2870 m, 9400 ft), Whistler-Blackolm, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Infrared filter applied in postproduction.

 

Access to the glacier and crater rim in the summer involves a steep, strenuous, often challenging 7 km (4.3 miles) hike - first through a dense subalpine rainforest of old-growth red and yellow cedars and Douglas firs, then a scramble across several volcanic rock slides and boulder fields, ultimately arriving at a pristine turquoise crater lake at the foot of the glacier. A stiff elevation gain of 1160 m (3800 ft). explore#10

 

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Uploaded on November 12, 2024
Taken on February 15, 2005