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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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Day 254

Friday, September 26, 2014

~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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An interesting infographic I found.

Friday, September 26, 2014

This is from the highs to the lowest  places on Earth, and what lives there…a rather “long” post! From ourAmazingPlanet. The highest living thing: Ruppell’s Vulture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rüppell%27s_vulture The lowest: The Fangtooth (an apt name…) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangtooth *** ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 253

Friday, September 26, 2014

An ice fall, or calving, in motion. Sorry about the jerk after the first frame… ~Curtis in alaska! {!-{>

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Day 252

Friday, September 26, 2014

One of the ice fall frames from the animation in the next post…that chunk is probably 175 high… ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 251: Big Calving!

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Calving at the Russell Fjord end of the Glacier! That chunk of ice behind the splash is about 200 feet high… * ** *** ** * That is a bigger splash that the whales made! ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 250: At the Glacier’s face

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

The face of Hubbard Glacier, the largest tidewater (runs directly into the ocean) glacier on the North American continent.  It is 300-400 feet high and six miles across the face. A bit of calving. Russell Fjord, where the action is… ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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