Rock knob surrounded by glacier ice
The rock knob within the accummulation area of Fanz Josef Glacier in the Southern Alps of New Zealand withstands the constantly moving ice to cover it entirely. Although a very dynamic glacier and at the end of a period of frontal advance at the time the image was taken, the ice thickness was not large enough to cover the rock knob. The crevasses that devloped at the contacts of ice and rock knob, and those that developed within the glacier's ice fall itself show how dynamic the glacier was.
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Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
4.6 MB
Aspect
3:2
Width
3543 px
Height
2362 px
Brand
Canon
Model
EOS 350D DIGITAL
Exposure
57 mm f/11 1/400 s ISO 100
Software
Canon Photo Professional
Coordinates
-43.4978, 170.2152
Tint
Pinkish white
Submitted
11 February 2018
Taken
2 April 2008
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