Mining Implement with Glacier Backdrop (really...)
The scene behind this mining implement is actually a glacier! The main body of the glacier, high in the mountains, moves about 100 feet per year, grinding off chunks of the mountains as it passes through. The rubble is deposited on the surface of the icy glacier, hidden beneath. AND...if you look carefully, you can see a perfectly round tunnel behind and a little to the right of center of the 'implelment'. We were told by a couple of fellows who hiked out to it, that it is a natural ice bridge or tunnel, but not formed by water flowing through it.
Mining Implement with Glacier Backdrop (really...)
The scene behind this mining implement is actually a glacier! The main body of the glacier, high in the mountains, moves about 100 feet per year, grinding off chunks of the mountains as it passes through. The rubble is deposited on the surface of the icy glacier, hidden beneath. AND...if you look carefully, you can see a perfectly round tunnel behind and a little to the right of center of the 'implelment'. We were told by a couple of fellows who hiked out to it, that it is a natural ice bridge or tunnel, but not formed by water flowing through it.