Rapid Retreat

  • Released Thursday, June 14, 2012
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
  • ID: 10982

By 2011, the terminus had moved back more than 12 miles, essentially splitting Columbia into two glaciers with distinct fronts.

By 2011, the terminus had moved back more than 12 miles, essentially splitting Columbia into two glaciers with distinct fronts.

Standing 100 feet above the bay, a tower of ice in the process of becoming an iceberg separates from Columbia Glacier's terminus.

Standing 100 feet above the bay, a tower of ice in the process of becoming an iceberg separates from Columbia Glacier's terminus.

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NASA Earth Observatory
Floating icebergs photo courtesy of Jon Von Atta, copyright 2008
Calving front photo courtesy of U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center
1969 aerial photo courtesy of National Snow and Ice Data Center
2004 aerial photo courtesy of National Snow and Ice Data Center/W.T. Pfeffer
2011 glacier terminus photo courtesy of USGS/Shad O'Neel


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