Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2841

The Mendenhall Glacier is a retreating glacier. The glacier has been in retreat since the mid-1700s and in the last 250 plus years has retreated about two and a half miles from its terminal moraine. As seen in these two mirror images, the glacier has retreated over 5,380 feet (more than a mile) and has thinned about 700 vertical feet in just the last 26 years. My friend Brien Daugherty (second from the left) is in both photos. He had brown hair in 1986 and white hair in 2012. The image illustrates the month of April in my Juneau 2014 Calendar. Thanks for visiting. Camera body:D700, Lens:Nikkor 24-120 F/4, ISO 200 , Digital Capture© Mark Kelley