Submitted by chandan_2294 t3_zubpns in EarthPorn
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SRM-87 t1_j1i5fet wrote
Its cause it is.. Just got stuck half way
GoofBallNodAwake74 t1_j1ibd5m wrote
Well, it is a flow of water, a slow flow
Terrible_Cut_3336 t1_j1icjvj wrote
It is the flow of water. The frozen flow of water. Ice is still a liquid just with a rather high viscosity.
It flows via internal shear stress (deformation), basal melting resulting in sliding and/or if resting on a soft bed - subglacial deformation.
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veryangrydoggo t1_j1idndo wrote
Not even stuck. Most of them actually move but at a rate we can't notice by iust looking at them. There are even some of them that scratched the river/ocean floor while moving and startled sonic underwater detectors. I think you can find them on YT
CombinationAway2762 t1_j1ifuu5 wrote
I consider myself extremely fortunate to have seen this in person. Alaska is something else.
dogdriving t1_j1igj8w wrote
"Glacier looks like what it is"
Potential-Salad2970 t1_j1illxl wrote
It is
NewDad907 t1_j1iu57o wrote
looks outside
Yep, that’s from up here in Alaska. Glaciers are frozen highways through the mountains.
fitler_not_filter t1_j1j48nq wrote
The Chinese word for glacier is 冰河, “ice river.”
Drumlin t1_j1jbva7 wrote
Well, it flows because of gravity.
2KilAMoknbrd t1_j1jd7ov wrote
ummmm, should we tell 'em ?
boomsauce22 t1_j1jvgh2 wrote
Harding ice field! That hike was the highlight of my first Alaska trip!
chandan_2294 OP t1_j1jvwzr wrote
It's a classic!
visions_xxl t1_j1kfisw wrote
Found the tankie
saggyboomerfucker t1_j1kji1q wrote
r/technicallycorrect
Kozzwara t1_j1kpvw2 wrote
Exit glacier, yeah?
chandan_2294 OP t1_j1krc1t wrote
AnotherWryTeenager t1_j1kxn3h wrote
Give it a few more years and it will be
Terrible_Cut_3336 t1_j1lct3u wrote
So does your asymmetrical sagging ass cheeks.
MentalClarityArts t1_j1lfg6m wrote
Huh, that waterfall is really slow. Must be buffering
MentalClarityArts t1_j1lfkad wrote
No, no.. he's got point. None of the other things happening would matter without the downward force to cause the flow. It would just be a block or a puddle if it didn't have the gravity to pull it down.
I-melted t1_j1lnmo4 wrote
It definitely is the flow of water.
felixfj007 t1_j1ltvxn wrote
It's always weird to see the name "fjord" on things that are too far from the sea to be fjords.
kinkpositive1 t1_j1lz0ph wrote
I bet it was a lot bigger 25 years ago
chandan_2294 OP t1_j1lzxou wrote
It was!! The NPS have installed a sign indicating how much the glacier has melted in the past 100+ years and it's mind boggling to imagine the scale of it in the past years
ArcticBiologist t1_j1m48uu wrote
Is it snowmobile season for you guys?
ArcticBiologist t1_j1m4g99 wrote
Interesting to see such lush vegetation right next to it. The glaciers I'm used to are usually surrounded by a barren moraine that takes decades or longer to be colonised by plants.
kinkpositive1 t1_j1reabu wrote
These photos with before/after would be great
fitler_not_filter t1_j1uz2xj wrote
No, I'm just a fan of Taiwan and the Chinese language.
PUTYOURBUTTINMYBUTT t1_j2binwh wrote
That’s what glacier is lol, millennia of flow
celebrityjeopardy t1_j2bix6f wrote
Isn’t ice, by definition, not still a liquid? It’s a solid, as in one of the three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas), no?
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