Stone stripes on Garda till, Fryingpan Glacier, Pierce County, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1964.
Dates
Date Taken
1964
Summary
Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Stone stripes on Garda till at an altitude of about 1,910 meters on the cirque floor of Fryingpan Glacier. This area has become free of ice within the last 500 years. The ground slopes about 8 degrees away from the viewer, and the tape measure is about 66 centimeters long. Circa 1964. Pierce County, Washington. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 847, figure 34. 1974.
Summary
Album Caption: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.
Stone stripes on Garda till at an altitude of about 1,910 meters on the cirque floor of Fryingpan Glacier. This area has become free of ice within the last 500 years. The ground slopes about 8 degrees away from the viewer, and the tape measure is about 66 centimeters long. Circa 1964.
Pierce County, Washington.
Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 847, figure 34. 1974.
Image located in U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library, Crandell, D.R. Collection album, no.163.
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