Athabasca Glacier Photo

Photographer’s Note

Yes, it's white, That's because it was snowing! A view of the deserted carpark, at Athabasca Glacier on the Columbia Icefield.

"The Columbia Icefield is an icefield located in the Canadian Rockies, astride the Continental Divide of North America. The icefield lies partly in the northwestern tip of Banff and the southern end of Jasper National Park. It is about 325 km² in area, 100 to 365 metres (328' to 1,197') in depth and receives up to seven metres (23 ft) of snowfall per year. The icefield feeds eight major glaciers, including:

Athabasca Glacier
Castleguard Glacier
Columbia Glacier
Dome Glacier
Stutfield Glacier
Saskatchewan Glacier."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Icefield

snunney, Budapestman, besnard, pierrefonds, lrw1966, Gerrit, Wahclellaspirit, gunbud, delkoo, PixelTerror, JanD, Cricri, BelCan75, riclopes has marked this note useful

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mauro61 (17622) 2009-04-28 3:52

ciao Chris,
spettacolare immagine con la nebbia intorno a queste cime innevate.
Buona la luminosità e la resa cromatica.
saluti
maurizio

snunney (37033) 2009-04-28 3:58

Hello Chris,
Good point of view to capture this winter landscape. The low swirling clouds add much to the atmosphere. Excellent sharpness.

Budapestman (44737) 2009-04-28 4:05

Hi Chris,
The sight of the snow swirling around the mountains is fantastic. The composition of the photo is spectacular, the atmosphere is great. Tfs! Have a nice day!
George

besnard (32042) 2009-04-28 4:15

Bonjour Chris
Un paysage grandiose avec ces montagnes enneigées. Je ressens le froid jusqu'ici.
Merci pour cette belle image et bonne journée.
Nicole

pierrefonds (27438) 2009-04-28 5:30

Hi Chris,

The point of view takes our eyes toward the Athabasca Glacier which is giving depth to the photo. The diagonal line of the road is an asset to the composition. The cloudy sky has a special effect on the colors of the scenery. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Silvio1953 (45136) 2009-04-28 6:14

Ciao Chris, fantastic view of wonderful glacier, beautiful composition with splendid light and colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

RedDevil (1071) 2009-04-28 8:10

Hi Chris,
I love the Canada, This photo is superb and mystic. Bravo
Salvatore

lrw1966 (1632) 2009-04-28 8:11

Chris, Hi:

Splendid composition of the very cold winter landscape. Excellent educational notes, as always, thanks.

Larry

janusz2054 (1459) 2009-04-28 8:59

Hi Chris
Beautiful composition .
Fantastic glacier and mountain road.
Regards
Janusz

Gerrit (36967) 2009-04-28 10:07

Hi Chris,
great composition and a shrivring atmosphere,
Wonderful photo.
Regards, GErrit

jemaflor (40669) 2009-04-28 11:50

Hi Chris,
Nice winter landscape and good effect for the composition with the curve of the road in the fg, well framed.

marietom (32694) 2009-04-28 12:28

hello Chris,

Joli paysage, entre bleu et blanc. C'est bien composé.
Bonne soirée
MARIE

barrufeto_77 (26141) 2009-04-28 15:17

Hi Chris.

Excellent atmosphere. I also like the POV!

Rgs, Oscar

Wahclellaspirit (3075) 2009-04-28 15:20

Hello Chris,
It appears that the wind was blowing or you were shaking from the extreme cold that day. A pure winter scene with all that snow and ice.
Treacherous road to drive also I imagine,
Steve

gunbud (28813) 2009-04-28 18:52

Hi Chris,
Beautiful mysterious misty fog mixed with the blue sky to contrast with this fresh dusting of early season snow.
Love how the road seems to get lost in the mountain top.
Regards, Tom

delkoo (35642) 2009-04-28 23:35

hi chris
Interesting image with a very well observed POV,the coldness and wildness are very well expressed.

bonne journée
didier

PixelTerror (88585) 2009-04-29 1:40

Hi Chris,
That's the point with this place, it has terrible weather, I visited in july and it was not much better... we can feel the canadian federalism from the signs, on other ones I remember "rough terrain" had been translated in french to "accidenté terrain", the english speaking translator having not known or forgotten in french the order of words is reversed, so "terrain accidenté" !
Have a nice day JY

John_F_Kennedy (32772) 2009-04-29 3:06

Fascinating view. Well balanced composition with nice details. I like these winter atmospheres
Best wishes,
Achim

JanD (15517) 2009-04-29 4:05

Howdy Chris!
Interesting dangerous road. Beautiful mountains. Good light and colors.
Regards.

Cricri (45241) 2009-04-29 10:26

Hi Chris
Un bon coup de froid de ce paysage, impressionnant, mystèrieux que donne la brume et un peu de couleurs que viens donner le bleu du ciel, belle image
Good evening for you
cricri

BelCan75 (2522) 2009-04-29 21:22

Hi Chris,

This is such a great shot with a wonderful view of the Athabasca Glacier on the Columbia Icefields. It must have been snowing pretty good for it to be all so white. Great shot with nice contrasts and details! Wonderful work!

Greetings,
Ann

mumek (17530) 2009-05-03 5:05

Good morning Chris!
Very beautiful view at the Athabasca Glacier. I like very much the background with misty atmosphere and clouds hanging over the mountains. Thanks for sharing
ziggy

riclopes (33487) 2009-05-08 0:29

wow, quite an impressive scenery, Chris. I feel like inside a huge fridger. Tough place for someone that loves 30º all year round...
ric