Tongue of the Chelen Glacier

Photo: Tongue of the Chelen glacier. At its end, the glacier tongue is strongly flattened and covered with scree in grey and reddish colours (= supraglacial moraine). The glacier landscape has a primitive appearance.
Description: Tongue of the Chelen glacier. At its end, the glacier tongue is strongly flattened and covered with scree in grey and reddish colours (= supraglacial moraine). The glacier landscape has a primitive appearance.
Location: Göscheneralp, Urner alps, Switzerland
Date Month/Year: 7.2010
Photographer: Simon Oberli, Hasle-Rüegsau
Number: F077175