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Mendenhall glacier, Juneau, Alaska

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The snow falling at high elevation slowly compacts and eventually turns into ice. This ice builds up in mass and becomes several feet thick. The force of gravity makes this glacier, a river of ice, move towards the valley. As the glacier moves downwards it grinds the rock bed of the mountain. This pulverized mass of rocks, vegetation etc. is called 'moraine'. The brown area one often sees in a glacier bed is a moraine.

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  • Thank you for the marvellous captions

    said photo of lovejoy485 lovejoy485 10 months 24 days ago

  • wow, the blue ... makes it sorta look like the moon or another planet or something ... very interesting pic & thanks for the great info :}

    said photo of mabelscritterart mabelscritterart 2007.09.30 at 19:32:32 PDT

  • Its an amazing sight when you get close to these Glaciers,

    said photo of annedm1 annedm1 2007.09.18 at 09:22:44 PDT

  • I remember this. It was so spectacular with its color and calving.

    said photo of sclark14 sclark14 2007.09.16 at 13:48:05 PDT

  • I've always been fascinated by the shades of blue in these glaciers!

    said photo of worldtripper3 worldtripper3 2007.09.15 at 14:39:07 PDT

  • Stunning capture

    said photo of oomt oomt 2007.09.14 at 14:30:29 PDT

  • Fantastic!!!!

    said photo of hamiltrudy1 hamiltrudy1 2007.09.14 at 09:51:49 PDT

  • Perfect explanation! You should be appreciated as a dreamed teacher by young people!

    said photo of pfjc pfjc 2007.09.14 at 04:03:41 PDT

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