Glacial River Bed 2
In these final two photographs posted today, we are looking at the remnants of a dry glacial river bed on Ben Lomond/turapina. This glacier was probably in the final stages of melting at the end of the last Ice Age 14,000 years ago.
Here we can see where the glacier carved out what is now a dry river bed. That gap between the clouds and the rocks is where the walker emerges onto the central plateau of Ben Lomond coming from Carr-Villa.
But I'm sure you can imagine it was once like a slow glacial waterfall hanging over the edge of the mountain. In the final days of this series I will return to Carr-Villa and show the way these rocks were carved by the glacier as it poured over the side of the north face.
[As with all my shots it is best viewed enlarged where you can move around within the landscape.]
Glacial River Bed 2
In these final two photographs posted today, we are looking at the remnants of a dry glacial river bed on Ben Lomond/turapina. This glacier was probably in the final stages of melting at the end of the last Ice Age 14,000 years ago.
Here we can see where the glacier carved out what is now a dry river bed. That gap between the clouds and the rocks is where the walker emerges onto the central plateau of Ben Lomond coming from Carr-Villa.
But I'm sure you can imagine it was once like a slow glacial waterfall hanging over the edge of the mountain. In the final days of this series I will return to Carr-Villa and show the way these rocks were carved by the glacier as it poured over the side of the north face.
[As with all my shots it is best viewed enlarged where you can move around within the landscape.]