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Ice flows

The Cavel Glacier sits below the vertical cliffs of Mt. Edith Cavel, in Jasper National Park, Alberta. The glacier has a series of concave fractures so massive it looks like a huge boot heel has stomped on the end of the glacier. It's not a big glacier by glacier standards but it is still impressive to see the huge chunks of ice that break off and drift across the lake to end up stranded on the opposite shore. There is a bit of dirt in the ice flow. You can see it as black specks. I tried to use some simple photo software to cover up the dirt a little but the final image seemed to have lost its overall clarity. So for now, the dirt stays. As always there is no colour manipulation. It's just a shot through a telephoto lens.

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Christine brand 20 Jan 2008

totally impressive and amazing the blues and forms, nature in still, yet movingly beautiful.

Artist Reply: Thank you, Christine. I noticed this was my least popular photo for number of views, but I still like it. I am glad to read your comments.

Pamela Tweton 03 Feb 2007

So may people do not realize how intense and alluring the colour blue is in a glacier. Thank you for leaving in the dirt, as it is part of the glacial process of movement. What an absolutely stunning and beautiful photo. I love the reflections that you have captured.

Artist Reply: I wonder how many people ever even get to see a glacier. For me they were always back there in the mountains. It wasn't until I left Canada that I came to appreciate how much of the world doesn't have glaciers. I love them and lament their shrinking. Thanks for your comment about the dirt, Pamela. I removed it from the image I put on my web site because I wanted no distraction from the blue and the reflections. But you are right about the dirt being a part of the glacial process. That's an excellent point and I will leave it as is when I have this printed and exhibited someday.

epsylon lyrae 29 Oct 2005

Very nice, strange how ice is so blue...:D

Kendra kuss 26 Oct 2005

Very pretty, not something you get to see

Virginia Gordon 24 Oct 2005

This is BEAUTIFUL! Peter, with Unreal LOVELINESS, It looks like a Painting.

Artist Reply: I shot a whole roll of film there and could have stayed longer. Of all my compositions this one was what I was looking for. No other spot had the same reflections.