Evening colors over the Loket tributary.

Glacier Water

Soil and silt are deposited in small streams that refreeze trapping in layers.

Fan

Water fans out on a rock in a supraglacial stream on the Black Rapids Glacier.

Fan, Stream, and Moulin

Water flows toward a moulin on the Black Rapids Glacier.

Stepping in snow can be very dangerous on the glacier surface this time of year.

Seasonal GPS station (lkdn - downstream on the Loket tributary) with reflector for the theodolite attached (duct taped) to the antenna.

Water channels appear in the snow.

Reflector attached to the gps pole.

Andy taking photos.

Chris in his 180 after taking aerial photos for new photomosaic.

Rocky streams in small moraines.

Recording reflector height above the ice surface.

Peering into the depths.

Staring down a moulin - the water must go somewhere! How about a 1500 ft. ride to the bottom of the glacier.

Water falling into a large moulin

Surface streams on the Loket tributary

Small partially covered moulin.

A lot of water disappears under the snow.

Rockfall.

Rocks were sliding off this slope the entire time we were here. It is incredibly unstable. After seeing the results of the 2002 landslides, this fact is slightly terrifying.