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Day 264

Monday, September 29, 2014

One last calving/ice fall…for now… To get an idea of the scale, there are two large seagulls at the base of the fall.  In the closeup below the chunk of ice just above them is the size of a small car… ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 263

Monday, September 29, 2014

~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 262

Sunday, September 28, 2014

One fairly large chunk is hitting the water. It sets off another fall. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 261

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Another of the small ice fall. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 260

Sunday, September 28, 2014

If you look to the right of the center, and slightly up you will see a big chuck of ice start to fall.  It smashes when it hits the ice below, and you can see why the water is full of little bits of ice. ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 259

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Those chunks of ice floating below the glacier are some of what we saw fall in previous posts. Before the glacier calves, you hear a loud booming, a few seconds before the ice falls.  I recall this was called “white thunder”.  It is the ice cracking prior to the fall.  You have a couple of […]

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Day 258

Sunday, September 28, 2014

A close up of one of the animation frames posted below. ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 257

Sunday, September 28, 2014

This was one of the more impressive ice falls…it is about 250 feet high… ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 256

Sunday, September 28, 2014

A 20 or so photo panorama of 2/3 of the front of Hubbard Glacier. (Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 255

Friday, September 26, 2014

A double!   Click to enlarge; BACK to return! ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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