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The 5km long Moiry Glacier slowly winding its way down the side of a mountain near to the town of Grimentz.
Margerie Glacier is found at the furthest reaches of Glacier Bay waterway, at the northern reach of Tarr Inlet. The glacier is carving a steep valley through towering mountain peaks, and ending dramatically at the edge of the sea. Since it reaches all the way to ocean water, Margerie Glacier is referred to as a tidewater glacier, defined as a glacier that interacts with ocean saltwater. Margerie glacier is about 21 miles long, originating in the Fairweather Mountain Range at elevations exceeding 9000 feet. Due to the abundance of snow in the mountains and the steepness of slope, the ice of Margerie Glacier flows relatively quickly, estimated to flow about 2000 feet per year, or about 6 feet per day. The glacier does not expand out into the fjord since it rests on an underwater ledge, so the ice falls into the ocean in a process called calving, breaking into icebergs.
From NPS - www.nps.gov/places/margerie-glacier.htm
I forgot to add, this image is 8 images stitched together in Lightroom. The original image is 30,000x8000 pixels
This is a view to the west from the Trient Hut. to give an idea of scale you can make out footprints on the glacier lip.
Gelos de diversas cores no Glacier Lagoon, devido à deposição de fuligem vulcânica nos glaciares, além da temperatura e tempo de desprendimento do gelo.
This is one of over 2100 glaciers in Svalbard, they cover 36,591 square kilometers, or about 59 percent of the total area.
Hubbard Glacier is a glacier located in eastern Alaska and part of Yukon, Canada, and named after Gardiner Hubbard.
Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, squeezes towards Gilbert Point on May 20, 2002. The glacier is close to sealing off Russell Fjord at top from Disenchantment Bay at bottom.
The longest source for Hubbard Glacier originates 122 kilometres (76 mi) from its snout and is located at about 61°00′N 140°09′W, approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Mount Walsh with an altitude around 11,000 feet (3,400 m). A shorter tributary glacier begins at the easternmost summit on the Mount Logan ridge at about 18,300 feet (5,600 m) at about 60°35′0″N 140°22′40″W.
Before it reaches the sea, Hubbard is joined by the Valerie Glacier to the west, which, through forward surges of its own ice, has contributed to the advance of the ice flow that experts believe will eventually dam the Russell Fjord from Disenchantment Bay waters.
The Hubbard Glacier ice margin has continued to advance for about a century. In May 1986, the Hubbard Glacier surged forward, blocking the outlet of Russell Fjord and creating "Russell Lake." All that summer, the new lake filled with runoff; its water level rose 25 metres (82 ft), and the decrease in salinity threatened its sea life.
Around midnight on October 8, the dam began to give way. In the next 24 hours, an estimated 5.3 cubic kilometres (1.3 cu mi) of water gushed through the gap, and the fjord was reconnected to the ocean at its previous level. This was the second largest glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in recorded history, and had the equivalent flow of about 35 Niagara Falls.
In spring 2002, the glacier again approached Bert Point. It pushed a terminal moraine ahead of its face and closed the opening again in July. On August 14, the terminal moraine was washed away after rains had raised the water level behind the dam it formed to 18 m (59 ft) above sea level. The fjord could become dammed again, and perhaps permanently. If this happens, the fjord could overflow its southern banks and drain through the Situk River instead, threatening trout habitat and a local airport.
It takes about 400 years for ice to traverse the length of the glacier, meaning that the ice at the foot of the glacier is about 400 years old. The glacier routinely calves off icebergs the size of a ten-story building. Where the glacier meets the bay, most of the ice is below the waterline, and newly calved icebergs can shoot up quite dramatically, so that ships must keep their distance from the edge of the glacier in Disenchantment Bay.
Exit Glacier is part of the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska. In 1968 a mountaineering party crossed the Harding Icefield. It was said that the team would be descending the “Exit Glacier.” The glacier once named Resurrection Glacier was renamed Exit Glacier. Exit Glacier is one of the most visited glacier in Alaska, mostly because you can drive so close to it. The hike to the glacier is beautiful.
We elected to hike the trail to the upper view of Exit Glacier. Several people were walking to the bottom of the glacier along the water run off. They look so tiny in proportion to the massive glacier. You can take a hike to the very top of the glacier and enter the Harding Icefield.
Lago Two Medicine, Reserva Blackfoot " Indios Piesnegros". Parque Nacional Glacier. Montana-Alberta. Usa-Canada.
Texture by " Skeletal Mess" Brushes by "Obsidiandawn"
The Rhone Glacier is the largest glacier in the Urner Alps. It lies on the south side of the range at the source of the Rhone. The Undri Triftlimi (3,081 m) connects it to the Trift Glacier. The glacier is located on the northernmost part of the canton of Valais, between the Grimsel Pass and the Furka Pass and is part of the Oberwald municipality. The Dammastock (3,630 m) is the highest summit above the glacier.
Fourteen years ago, in August, there were still glaciers to be seen in the Canadian Rockies. There is also a considerable white haze in this image, the result of forest fires which prevented us from returning through the Kootenays as we had planned. In fact by the time we got to Canmore I felt so debilitated by the smoke that we turned around and went back over Highway #1, the way we had come.
The Aletsch Glacier (German: Aletschgletscher) or Great Aletsch Glacier (German: Grosser Aletschgletscher) is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km (14 mi) and covers more than 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi) in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. The Aletsch Glacier is composed of three smaller glaciers converging at Concordia, where its thickness is estimated to be near 1 km (3,300 ft). It then continues towards the Rhone valley before giving birth to the Massa River.
The whole area, including other glaciers is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001.
Source: Wikipedia
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Matanuska Glacier in Alaska
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Los Angeles Photo Workshop on November 16th