Glacier stream and glacier gate of the Schwarzberg glacier

Photo: Glacier stream and glacier gate of the Schwarzberg glacier. The stream winds through the scree in the glacier forefield of the primeval glacier landscape. The glacier tongue ends flat and the glacial ice above the gate is covered with scree (= supraglacial moraine).
Description: Glacier stream and glacier gate of the Schwarzberg glacier. The stream winds through the scree in the glacier forefield of the primeval glacier landscape. The glacier tongue ends flat and the glacial ice above the gate is covered with scree (= supraglacial moraine).
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Location: Saas Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Date Month/Year: 7.2010
Photographer: Simon Oberli, Hasle-Rüegsau
Number: F078163
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