Glaciation
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Lower Curtis Glacier and Crevasses, Washington

Terminus of Lower Curtis Glacier on the side of Mt. Shuksan, North Cascades National Park, Washington (220828-57)
Download ImageLower Curtis Glacier and cirque, Washington

Lower Curtis Glacier and cirque carved into the side of Mt. Shuksan, North Cascades National Park, Washington (220828-56)
Download ImageGlacier, glacier toe, and lake, Iceland

Solheimajokull Glacier and its terminus emptying into lake, Iceland. Note the people standing on the terminal moraine. (180907-71)
Download ImageIce, breaking up in northern Canada

Aerial view of spring thaw and icebergs, northern Canada (180401-119)
Download ImageGlaciated peaks and features, Greenland

Aerial view of glacial erosional features, Greenland. Note the glacier-filled cirques, the steep headwalls behind the cirques, the horns (peaks) and aretes. (180401-68)
Download ImageGlacial fjords, Norway (vertical)

Aerial view of glacial fjords, west coast of Norway (180401-26)
Download ImageHanging valley and fjord, Norway

Aerial view of hanging tributary valley and glacial fjord, Norway (180401-18)
Download ImageRoche Moutonee, Yosemite NP, Cal.

Lembert Dome. Glacial ice movement was right to left, causing abrasion on the smooth right side and plucking on the steep left side (Image ID # 111118-65)
Download ImageGlacial peaks, North Cascades, WA

Glacial peaks, North Cascades National Park, Washington. Prominent peak in the background is Sinister Peak. (MG6779)
Download ImageGlacial till, Sierra Nevada, California

This unsorted mixture of unstratified rock was deposited directly by a glacier. (Gl-27)
Download ImageGlacial moraine, Sierra Nevada

Aerial view of glacial moraine near Convict Lake in the Sierra Nevada, California. Photo shows terminal, lateral, and recessional moraines. (Gl-29)
Download ImageGlacial cirque, tarn, and headwall, Colorado.

Glacial cirque, tarn, and headwall, Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. (Gl-22)
Download ImageGlacier Calving Ice, Banff NP, Canada

Glacier Calving Ice into tarn. Bow Glacier, Banff National Park, Canada. (ID Gl-23)
Download ImageMergerie Glacier, Alaska

Mergerie Glacier is a tidewater glacier in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. (Gl-07)
Download ImageCirques, horns, and aretes, Greenland

Aerial view of Cirques, cirque glaciers, horns, and aretes, Greenland (Gl-02)
Download ImageGlacier, cirque, and headwall, Yukon

Aerial view of Glacier, cirque, and headwall, Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada. (Gl-04)
Download ImageTributary and trunk glaciers, Greenland

Aerial view of tributary and trunk glaciers, Greenland. When the ice melts back it will leave behind a deep valley and hanging valley on the side. (Gl-03)
Download ImageGlacial valley, Glacier NP, Montana

Glacial valley and paternoster lakes, Glacier National Park, Montana. (30-1063)
Download ImageMeltwater streams, New Zealand

Meltwater streams running off of glacial ice. Rob Roy Glacier, New Zealand. (ID: 140129-68)
Download ImageFox Glacier, New Zealand

Crevasses on Fox Glacier, southern Alps, New Zealand. Note the stratification of the ice. (ID: 140131-81)
Download ImageGlacial outwash, New Zealand

Glacial outwash below Tasman Glacier. Near Mt. Cook/Aoraki, New Zealand. Boulders in foreground are part of the glacial moraine. (ID: 140128-88)
Download ImageAthabasca Glacier–in retreat, Canada

Front of Athabasca Glacier, Alberta, with a monument marking the front of the glacier in 2000. Jasper National Park. (120713-65)
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