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Mt. Martin by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Contact Creek unimproved airstrip, Katmai National Park and Preserve by SW_Alaska_Network
Stratovolcano in the vicinity of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. It may have erupted in 1953. There is often intense fumarolic activity in the summit crater.
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Radial engine by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, Wolverine Lake, Katmai National Park and Preserve by SW_Alaska_Network
Nine-cylinder Pratt and Whitney radial engine.
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Caribou trails by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Snipe Lake automated weather station, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska by SW_Alaska_Network
Mulchantna caribou herd passes through the area.
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Weather station by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Snipe Lake automated weather station, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska by SW_Alaska_Network
Thermometer and GPS unit
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Redoubt Volcano by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Chigmit Mountains automated weather station, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska by SW_Alaska_Network
Steam and clouds near summit crater on Redoubt Volcano.
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Serac fall debris by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Chigmit Mountains automated weather station, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska by SW_Alaska_Network
Ice avalanche from glacier.
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Lichen by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Chigmit Mountains automated weather station, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska by SW_Alaska_Network
Lichen on rock
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Snow depth sensor by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Chigmit Mountains automated weather station, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska by SW_Alaska_Network
Snow depth sesnor, thermometer, pyranometer, and satellite antenna.
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Granitic intrusive rocks of the Nuka pluton by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan McArthur Pass Weather Station 2012 by SW_Alaska_Network
The Nuka pluton is part of the "granite of the Harding Icefield". It is a coarsely to finely crystalline granitic rock with plagioclase feldspar, quartz, potassium feldspar, muscovite, chlorite, hornblende and biotite. It is 56 million years old .
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Submerged glacial cirque by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan McArthur Pass Weather Station 2012 by SW_Alaska_Network
Glacial cirques formed during the last glacial maximum (aka the last ice age, approximately 20,000 years ago). The Kenai Fjords coast is an example of a mountain range submerged by a combination of tectonic subsidence and isostatic seal level rise after the last ice age. Since the 1964 9.2 magnitude earthquake many parts of southcentral Alaska are experiencing uplift, at rates of a few millimeters up to a centimeter per year - a rate which is faster than sea level rise.
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Pedicularis (Lousewort) by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Fourpeaked Weather Station 2012 by SW_Alaska_Network
The purple wildflower is a genus of perennial green root parasite plants belonging to the broomrape family Orobanchaceae.
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Thermometer and pyranometer by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Fourpeaked Weather Station 2012 by SW_Alaska_Network
Sensors used to measure air temperature, relative humidity, and solar radiation.
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Thermomemeter and pyranometer by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan McArthur Pass Weather Station 2012 by SW_Alaska_Network
Sensors measuring air temperature, relative humidity, and solar radiation.
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Harding Icefield trail by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Exit Glacier mass balance index site, Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjords National Park by SW_Alaska_Network
End of the Harding Icefield trail. Winter-travel is not recommended due to avalanche danger!
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Automated weather station by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Exit Glacier mass balance index site, Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjords National Park by SW_Alaska_Network
www.raws.dri.edu/cgi-bin/wea_daysum.pl?akAHAR
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Tape measure by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Lower Exit Glacier mass balance index site, Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjords National Park by SW_Alaska_Network
Tape measure used to measure 40 cm intervals for snow depth density measurements.
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Miscelaneous field gear by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Exit Glacier mass balance index site, Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjords National Park by SW_Alaska_Network
Metal detector used to find mass balance stakes, tool bag with equipment used to determine how much water is contained in the snow pack, skis and sleds.
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Wind vane and anemometer by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Harding Icefield automated weather station, Kenai Fjords National Park by SW_Alaska_Network
Met One ice-rated wind vane and anemometers are used to record wind direction and wind speed at the Harding Icefield automated weather station. The maximum recorded wind speed was from the southeast at 124.6 mph on October 9, 2008.
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Station sign by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Exit Glacier SNOTEL by SW_Alaska_Network
This installation measures snow, rain, and temperature...
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Cobble and boulders by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Paradise Creek by SW_Alaska_Network
Cobbles and boulders make up much of Paradise Creeks sediment load.
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Anchor Glacier by SW_Alaska_Network from the GigaPan Northwestern Lagoon by SW_Alaska_Network
Anchor Glacier terminus
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