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Avalanche chute. Sequoia National Park, California. 1936.

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1936

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Sequoia National Park, California. The most perfectly formed avalanche chute in the park, viewed from the High Sierra Trail east of the camp in Bearpaw Meadow. This chute is carved in massive exfoliating granite and terminates at the brink of the glacial U-shaped canyon below. The downward narrowing of the chute is explained by the protection given to the lower part of the chute by a snow cone on the surface of the glacier which lays in the canyon. Meltwater cascading from the snow in the chute has carved a gulch beneath it. The scales on the granite in the chute are produced by exfoliation and are purely superficial features. 1936.

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number photoLibrary 24414
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