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Mt. Conness / Conness Glacier / Conness Lakes
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0913 1454 (2013-09-23)Copyright © 2013 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Sep 13, 2013
location
Hoover Wilderness Area. Inyo National Forest (Mono County, California, US)notes Mt. Conness at 12,590 ft. is the highest peak on the northeast border of Yosemite National Park. The snow fields on the upper flank of the mountain are the last remnents of Conness Glacier. Although it has lost half its surface area in the last two decades, it's still the largest glacier in the Sierra north of Tioga Pass. The Conness Lakes in this classic U-shaped glacial valley are tarns -- pools in depressions carved out by the glacier.keywords: geology, earth science, geomorphology, glacier, glaciation
camera Canon EOS 7D, 18mm, f/9.0, 1/2000 sec.
photo category: Misc. - geology
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