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Moraine at Convict Creek Canyon
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1213 1095 (2013-12-10)Copyright © 2013 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Sep 27, 2010
location
Inyo National Forest, Near Mammoth Lakes (Mono County, California, US)notes Glacial Moraine at the mouth of Convict Creek Canyon. This large lateral moraine was formed during the Tahoe stage of glaciation about 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. It blocks the view of a series of smaller, younger Tioga stage moraines deposited with the valley formed by the Tahoe moraines. The peak at the right is Laurel Mountain, elev. 11, 812 ft.keywords: earth science, geology, geomorphology, glacier, glaciation, Pleistocene
camera Canon EOS 7D, 24mm, f/13, 1/80 sec
photo category: Misc. - geology
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