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  1. 2014
  2. June

2014-06-16

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  • Raging

    Raging

    A large stream carving through the ice on the northern moraine of the Black Rapids Glacier. We couldn't find a way to safely cross on the first week.

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  • It's like a playground of rocky, icy, watery death!

    It's like a playground of rocky, icy, watery death!

    On the Black Rapids Glacier. The rock pile to the left is just your normal lateral moraine. The boulders hanging off the ice-cliff above the stream and pond are debris left by a rockslide after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in 2002.

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  • Pond

    Pond

    On the right is rock debris from a landslide that occurred in 2002 after a 7.9 earthquake on the Denali Fault. The debris crossed the entire width of the glacier, 3 km wide. The debris insulates the ice, protecting it from melt which is why it is so much higher than the ice we were standing on. This provides a natural dam for water flowing down the streams on the glacier creating large ponds and lakes.

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