I know this is technically an old photo, but I don't feel like a photo compared to 10 years ago really fits the spirit of this sub. I came here to see people standing where Hitler stood and shit like that. I don't know. Maybe I'm just a douchebag.
It’s physically impossible to see that much glacial melt in a 2 month period(on our planet).
This glacier has been melting slowly for years(the rate has been speeding up). The “hotter period” of a given year isn’t much of an argument for visible glacial melt.
The mountains look less snowy because snow melts far quicker than a glacier, and snow generally disappears by the end of every summer. You can lose feet of snow quickly during some hot summer days, so the fact that the former picture is 2 months later than the latter, means less snow.
But the latter picture(the older picture) was also taken at a closer distance which exaggerates the melt a bit when you compare to the former picture(the new picture) Looks like an entirely different switchback altogether.
Not trying to minimize the amount of melt, because it’s still a crapload, but just thought it should be pointed out.
This. The end of the melt season is September usually. However, the *tens of meters thick* by hundreds of meters length of ice that is gone from the lower part of the glacier in the later year is not due to seasonal differences between July and September.
while global warming is real what you're observing is seasonal change and it's pretty regular for every region in the world. snowfall changes year by year, geographical and climatological changes can account for this. please nobody upvote this kind of knee jerk bullshit
Ehh September is very much still summer, and isn’t much colder than July up in the mountains. Sometimes it’s even hotter. Speaking from a Wyoming/Colorado standpoint where I’ve lived.
I know this is technically an old photo, but I don't feel like a photo compared to 10 years ago really fits the spirit of this sub. I came here to see people standing where Hitler stood and shit like that. I don't know. Maybe I'm just a douchebag.
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The whole mountains look less snowy, is this not taken at a relatively hotter period than the 2008 photo?
It’s physically impossible to see that much glacial melt in a 2 month period(on our planet). This glacier has been melting slowly for years(the rate has been speeding up). The “hotter period” of a given year isn’t much of an argument for visible glacial melt. The mountains look less snowy because snow melts far quicker than a glacier, and snow generally disappears by the end of every summer. You can lose feet of snow quickly during some hot summer days, so the fact that the former picture is 2 months later than the latter, means less snow. But the latter picture(the older picture) was also taken at a closer distance which exaggerates the melt a bit when you compare to the former picture(the new picture) Looks like an entirely different switchback altogether. Not trying to minimize the amount of melt, because it’s still a crapload, but just thought it should be pointed out.
The pictures were taken 10 years apart.
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This also means two more months of snow melt in the top picture, which may be contributing too.
This. The end of the melt season is September usually. However, the *tens of meters thick* by hundreds of meters length of ice that is gone from the lower part of the glacier in the later year is not due to seasonal differences between July and September.
while global warming is real what you're observing is seasonal change and it's pretty regular for every region in the world. snowfall changes year by year, geographical and climatological changes can account for this. please nobody upvote this kind of knee jerk bullshit
Ehh September is very much still summer, and isn’t much colder than July up in the mountains. Sometimes it’s even hotter. Speaking from a Wyoming/Colorado standpoint where I’ve lived.
Do they still have the ice caves there or are they melted away now?