Where the ice flows steeply into the valley, crevasses form on its surface. The summer sun has not melted the winter snow patches yet. If they stay unthawed till next winter and new snow covers them, they will freeze and turn into solid ice.


TITLE |
THE OBERE GRINDELWALD GLACIER |
LOCATION |
Switzerland |
DATE |
August 2004 |
HEIGHT |
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TECHNIC |
Hasselblad body, Zeiss lens |
FORMAT |
medium format, 6 x 6 cm |
REMARK |
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