Glacier Mendenhall Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Mendenhall Glacier is a tongue of ice, stretching 12 miles and reaching 1-1/2 miles across the Mendenhall Valley, with ice 400-800 feet deep.
Since the mid-1700s, the glacier has been retreating. Before 1750, the face of the glacier reached two miles farther down the Valley. Some suggest that a slight change in climate could make it advance again.
It takes the ice about 250 years to flow from the Juneau icefield to the terminus at Mendenhall Lake, which you can see at bottom of this picture.

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markstaples (15670) 2006-01-05 13:33

HI Robert
Great pic, nicely composed, colours of the glacier are good, many layers of the shot hold interest.
Greetings
Mark

rosaline (0) 2006-01-05 13:39

Robert
This is a beautiful picture. The greatest strength is its composition. The tree to the right is well placed and the lake leads in nicely to the scene. The landscape is a nice one and photographs well. the sky is perhaps a little heavy and maybe could have been cropped a little, but it looks great anyway. Well done and nice work.
Aubrey

ahmetgedikli (22245) 2006-01-05 19:35

Hi Robert,
Very nice composition and interesting landscape. Beautiful colours and lights. Good work.
Ahmet

garbus (204) 2006-01-10 10:44

Hi, very nice landscape. The clouds/fog in the mountains (with lake additionally) is always amazing :) Here well captured. Regards, Michael from Poland.

Photobones (345) 2006-09-08 18:36

Speaking of a white sky... ! But this one is totally different... It's sky oozing down the mountainside! That's cool! er... chilly, er, cold!

paura (39608) 2006-11-02 9:44

Wonderful glacier, Robert. It is an amazing place. How a pity. it`s runing out.

Regards, friend.

Paulo

Angshu (34243) 2006-11-27 4:05

Bonjour Robert
An old post but which I missed. Excellent composed with the glacier as if emerging from the clouds...so less colours yet so captivating
Regards
Angshu

pablominto (41690) 2007-05-20 3:28

Hello Robert,
A well composed image, where you capture the atmosphere very well!
Foggy, damp and chilly and with the air of the ice age...
The greenery contrast well with the glacier!
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) OK-

gunbud (28295) 2007-10-11 20:05

Hello Robert,
Lovely capture of this great force of nature creeping its way down the valley leaving lasting scares on the landscape. Excellent soft colors and nice details to this glacier moving through the fog.
Regards, Tom