Ice in June?

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Ice in June?

Ice in June?

Some of the water runnels still had big chunks of ice in them on our visit on June 20. I bet this place is really beautiful with snow and ice in winter.
Jeremy Hakes
on Jun 24, 2008 11:00 am
Image Type(s): Scenery
Image ID: 415069

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lcarreau

lcarreau - Jun 27, 2008 12:10 pm - Voted 10/10

That's the

initial formation of a tectonic cave!
There's some places where the rocks fail to
heat up (as much) during the day, and the
snow lingers on them. Nice shot, Jeremy!!!

Jeremy Hakes

Jeremy Hakes - Jun 27, 2008 12:43 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: That's the

Huh! Who knew? The rock, as you can tell, has quite a bit of air in it and is not very dense, so it is well-insulated from the other rocks that do heat up in the sun. Pretty interesting! Thanks for the info! I learned something today. :)

lcarreau

lcarreau - Jun 27, 2008 1:03 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: That's the

Yeah! A lot of folks think Summitpost exists
solely for entertainment or beautiful nature
shots, but the story of the Earth is TOLD by
looking at its ROCKS. I learned something, too!

Actually, this could be the primary stages in
the formation of a secondary or talus cave.
An example is the Bear Gulch Cave in central California, where water has seeped into
volcanic rocks. Outstanding photo!!

Larry

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