Hubbard Glacier Calving
Hubbard Glacier calving. This is the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska, and its open calving face is over ten kilometers (6 miles) wide. The face rises an average of about 200 meters (600 feet) above the water (Disenchantment Bay). The ice chuck that just fell and produced this splash was over 100 meters (300 feet) high, or the height of a 25-story building. The glacier routinely calves off icebergs the size of a ten-story building.
View on Black and LARGER.
See the 8-shot calving sequence in one LARGE image.
This is the actual color of the glacial ice (centuries of compression drive out the oxygen, changing the ice to this color). The color might be a little more saturated than normal, because it was raining (a constant, light drizzle). In fact, my Canon EOS 40D quit working after this calving sequence (I'd been out in the rain for two hours). It took about an hour with a hair dryer to get it working again! (The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM lens functioned flawlessly, because it has more weatherproofing seals -- should have used my Canon EOS 1Ds body because it also has more weatherproofing.)
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2012/06/05: 2,661v 72c 53f 1g
Hubbard Glacier Calving
Hubbard Glacier calving. This is the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska, and its open calving face is over ten kilometers (6 miles) wide. The face rises an average of about 200 meters (600 feet) above the water (Disenchantment Bay). The ice chuck that just fell and produced this splash was over 100 meters (300 feet) high, or the height of a 25-story building. The glacier routinely calves off icebergs the size of a ten-story building.
View on Black and LARGER.
See the 8-shot calving sequence in one LARGE image.
This is the actual color of the glacial ice (centuries of compression drive out the oxygen, changing the ice to this color). The color might be a little more saturated than normal, because it was raining (a constant, light drizzle). In fact, my Canon EOS 40D quit working after this calving sequence (I'd been out in the rain for two hours). It took about an hour with a hair dryer to get it working again! (The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM lens functioned flawlessly, because it has more weatherproofing seals -- should have used my Canon EOS 1Ds body because it also has more weatherproofing.)
Sharing, Downloads, and Prints: Need a free image for your personal blog, or want to discuss a commercial license? Contact me or send an email to royce.bair at gmail dot com. Prints and Downloads are available on SmugMug.
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2012/06/05: 2,661v 72c 53f 1g