blondgecko > These pools are formed from meltwater from ice buried under the dirt mounds on the left, left behind when the glacier started retreating in the 1960's.  The wall in the background is around 400m high.  The image itself is stitched from ten individual images taken with the Pentax.
blondgecko > The seven kilometre-long Fox Glacier.  A catchment area of around 35 square kilometres and an annual rainfall of 5-7 metres makes for a very fast-moving glacier - generally around 0.5 metres a day.
A panorama from 11 images taken using the little Pentax P&S.
blondgecko > A loo with a view... the Pioneer Hut toilet on Fox Glacier
blondgecko > Morning over the Fox
blondgecko > The Fox Glacier icefall by morning
blondgecko > Evening over the Fox (1)
blondgecko > Evening over the Fox (2)
blondgecko > The helicopter landing pad, Fox Glacier
These pools are formed from meltwater from ice buried under the dirt mounds on the left, left behind when the glacier started retreating in the 1960's. The wall in the background is around 400m high. The image itself is stitched from ten individual images taken with the Pentax.
blondgecko > These pools are formed from meltwater from ice buried under the dirt mounds on the left, left behind when the glacier started retreating in the 1960's.  The wall in the background is around 400m high.  The image itself is stitched from ten individual images taken with the Pentax.
These pools are formed from meltwater from ice buried under the dirt mounds on the left, left behind when the glacier started retreating in the 1960's. The wall in the background is around 400m high. The image itself is stitched from ten individual images taken with the Pentax.
See photo in original gallery.

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