PHOTO GALLERY: ALASKA
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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
June 17, 2006
Columbia Glacier calves icebergs into Columbia Bay west of Valdez, Alaska. The ice shown in the bergs was deposited in snowstorms 300 to 500 years ago. |
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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
June 23, 2006
The calving face of Columbia Glacier as of June, 2006. Since 1984, the glacier has retreated ten miles ... |
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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
June 23, 2006
The calving face of Columbia Glacier as of June, 2006. Since 1984, the glacier has retreated ten miles (17 km.), a process caused... |
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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
June 23, 2006
Trimline showing the deflation of the ice mass of the Columbia Glacier since 1984. Greenish snow-covered vegetation is above... |
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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
June 16, 2006
Columbia Glacier calves icebergs into Columbia Bay west of Valdez, Alaska. The ice shown in the bergs was deposited in snowstorms 300 to 500 years ago. |
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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
September 29, 2007
Calving face of Columbia Glacier on September 29, 2007. Red line shows location of calving face on May 14, 2007... |
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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
June 22, 2006
Contrasts between clean glacial melt water and water laden with eroded silt color these lakes on the surface of the East Fork of Columbia Glacier. Black stripes are erosional debris called "moraines." |
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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
June 22, 2006
Contrasts between clean glacial melt water and water laden with eroded silt color these lakes on the surface of the East Fork of Columbia Glacier. Black stripes are erosional debris called "moraines." |
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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
June 23, 2006
Columbia Glacier calves icebergs into Columbia Bay west of Valdez, AK. since 1984, the glacier has retreated 10.5 miles... |
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