A Photographic Tour Of The Mer De Glace, Chamonix

These photographs show the Mer de Glace, and some surrounding glaciers and glacial features, near Chamonix in the French Alps. Click on any picture to see a larger version.

 

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Push moraine

 

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Ancient lateral moraine

 

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Lateral moraine

 

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South facing alpine corries

 

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Crevasse

 

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Active Corrie

 

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Large boulder on glacier

 

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Sediment Fan

 

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Lower section of Mer de Glace

 

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Snout of Mer de Glace

 

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Lower section of Mer de Glace

 

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Small corrie glacier

 

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Lateral melting

 

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Lower part of Mer de Glace

 

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Hanging valley

 

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Hanging valley entering Mer de Glace

 

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Edge of Mer de Glace

 

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Old lateral moraine

 

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Medial moraine

 

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Supraglacial moraine

 

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Braided stream

 

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Controlled meltwater stream

 

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North facing niche

 

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Snow patches

 

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Corrie glacier

 

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Recessional moraine

 

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Supraglacial moraine

 

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Supraglacial moraine

 

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Moraine protecting snow from melting

 

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Moraine protecting snow from melting

 

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Snow fields above Mer de Glace

 

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Smooth rocks recently exposed by retreating ice

 

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Glacial snout

 

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North facing snow patches

 

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Meltwater stream and fresh water

 

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Striations

 

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Populated glacial valley

 

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Valley glacier leaving Alpine snow fields

 

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Snout of a glacier

 

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Valley glacier

 

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Old lateral moraine

 

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Waterfall from hanging valley


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