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Changes in ice thickness of Nisqually Glacier. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. 1944. (Panorama in two parts.)

Dates

Date Taken
1944-09-03

Summary

Changes in ice thickness of Nisqually Glacier occurring about 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) up-glacier from profile 3 were measured on the photographs in series 15. The upper end of the measurement is the base of a lava flow, and the lower end is the top of the ice. This 1944 view illustrates the general nature of the upper area after many years of recession, just preceding the ice advance of the late 1940s. The ice discharge from Wilson Glacier is lost, and large areas of bedrock near its mouth are exposed. The falls on the far left are relatively large compared with their condition in later years (1957-65). Note the opposite direction of cleavage in crevassing patterns visible in midglacier on the lower left. It is evident that the debris [...]

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Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Veatch, Fred M.

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name photoLibrary vfm00016
number photoLibrary 35022
batch photoLibrary batch86
number_in_book photoLibrary 16

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