Kazimiera
06-13-2014, 08:32 PM
Photos of Alaska: Then And Now. Get Ready to Be Shocked When You See What it Looks Like Now.
Photographing Alaska's stunning landscapes has been a passion of Bruce Molnia's since the first time he visited the 49th state, as a Cornell University graduate student in the late 1960s. It was these photos – taken by everyone from John Muir in 1879 to later explorers like William Field and National Geographic's Bradford Washburn – that Molnia would use when he was asked in 1999 by then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbit to find "unequivocal, unambiguous" proof that climate change was real.
Muir Glacier & Inlet in (1895)
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In the photo above, the west shoreline of Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve is shown as it appeared in 1895. Notice the lack of vegetation on the slopes of the mountains, and the glacier that stands more than 300 feet high. See the glacier as it looked in 2005 on the next page.
Muir Glacier & Inlet in (2005)
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In the photo above, the west shoreline of Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve is shown as it appeared in 2005. Over the century since the first photo was taken, Muir Glacier ceased to have a tidewater terminus. Note the lack of floating ice and the abundant vegetation on many slopes.
Muir Glacier & Inlet in (2005) - Photos of Alaska Then And Now. Get Ready to Be Shocked When You See What it Looks Like Now.
Plateu Glacier (1961)
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Taken on Wachusett Inlet in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska, this photo from September 1961 shows the lower reaches of Plateau Glacier, then a tidewater calving valley glacier with parts of its terminus being land based on either side of the fjord. Including submarine ice, the total ice thickness here is greater than 650 feet.
Plateu Glacier (2003)
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The 2003 repeat photograph documents the dramatic changes that occurred over 42 years. Plateau Glacier retreated out of the field of view and has all but melted away, after leaving a small remnant, Plateau Remnant, on the flanks of the Bruce Hills. The tributary glacier that formerly supported the medial moraine has retreated nearly 2 miles.
Bear Glacier (1920s)
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Both photos in this pair were taken from the same location on a ridge in Bulldog Cove, near Bear Glacier Point, Kenai Mountains, Alaska, show the changes to Bear Glacier between the early 1920s and 2005. The older photograph is from a postcard labeled Harding Glaciers, Resurrection Bay, Alaska.
Bear Glacier (2005)
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In the approximately 80 years between these photos, Bear Glacier's piedmont lobe has retreated completely out of the field of view. Large icebergs, floating in the ice-marginal lake that fills the basin formerly occupied by Bear Glacier's piedmont lobe, represent the only glacier ice that is visible.
Northwestern Glacier (1920s - 1940s)
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A pair of photos taken from the same location on the west shoreline of Harris Bay in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park. The first is an undated winter to early summer view, probably from the mid-1920s to the 1940s. The rocky shoreline in the foreground is covered by numerous small icebergs calved by the retreating Northwestern Glacier.
Northwestern Glacier (2005)
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The second photo dates from August 12, 2005. In the roughly 60 to 80 years between photos, Northwestern Glacier has retreated out of the field of view. In fact, the 2005 terminus is located more than 6 miles to the northwest. Ice-free Harris Bay makes up the foreground of the image.
Northwestern Glacier (1909)
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Taken from a cobble beach on the west shoreline of Harris Bay in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park, this 1909 photo shows the retreating terminus of the Northwestern Glacier, which then stood just over 160 feet high. No vegetation is visible in the photograph.
Northwestern Glacier (2004)
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By August 2004, the Northwestern Glacier has retreated out of the field of view. In fact, the 2004 terminus is located more than 6 miles to the northwest. Ice-free Harris Bay makes up the foreground of the image.
Pedersen Glacier (1920s- 1940s)
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When photographed here sometime between the 1920s and the 1940s, Pedersen Glacier was calving icebergs into the lake from a seracs-capped terminus that ranged from about 66 to 131 feet high. No vegetation is visible. (Kenai Fjords National Park)
Pedersen Glacier (2005)
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The second photo dates was taken Aug. 10, 2005. Since the first photo, most of the lake has filed with sediment and now supports grasses, shrubs and aquatic plants. The glacier's terminus has retreated by more than a mile and no icebergs are visible. Isolated patches of snow are present at a few higher elevation locations.
Pedersen Glacier (1909)
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The first photo was taken by U.S. Grant from the west shoreline of Aialik Bay on July 23, 1909, a view of the then-retreating northern part of the Pedersen Glacier terminus. The water in the foreground is part of an ice-marginal lake/lagoon located next to Aialik Bay.
Pedersen Glacier (2005)
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In the 94 years between the photos, most of the lake/lagoon has filled with sediment and now supports several varieties of grasses, shrubs, and aquatic plants. Only a few small icebergs are visible. Note that vegetation has developed on nearly every exposed land surface.
Reid Glacier (1899)
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This 1899 photo shows the approximately 197-ft.-high tidewater terminus of the then-retreating Reid Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. The hillside in the foreground is covered by a few inches of snow. No trees are present on the hillside or on any other surface in the field of view.
Reid Glacier (2003)
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In the 104 years between photographs, Reid Glacier has retreated nearly 2 miles. The hillside in the foreground is covered with dense vegetation, including both conifers and deciduous trees. Vegetation covers much of the lower slopes on the opposite side of the inlet.
Muir Glacier and Inlet (1890)
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The first photo was taken in 1890, in Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Muir Glacier and Inlet (2005)
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The second photo was taken in 2005, in Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Muir Glacier and Inlet (1896)
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The first photo was taken in 1896, in Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Muir Glacier and Inlet (2005)
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The second photo was taken in 2005, in Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Source: http://www.snowaddiction.org/2014/06/photos-from-alaska-then-and-now-this-is-a-get-ready-to-be-shocked-when-you-see-what-it-looks-like-now.html
Photographing Alaska's stunning landscapes has been a passion of Bruce Molnia's since the first time he visited the 49th state, as a Cornell University graduate student in the late 1960s. It was these photos – taken by everyone from John Muir in 1879 to later explorers like William Field and National Geographic's Bradford Washburn – that Molnia would use when he was asked in 1999 by then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbit to find "unequivocal, unambiguous" proof that climate change was real.
Muir Glacier & Inlet in (1895)
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In the photo above, the west shoreline of Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve is shown as it appeared in 1895. Notice the lack of vegetation on the slopes of the mountains, and the glacier that stands more than 300 feet high. See the glacier as it looked in 2005 on the next page.
Muir Glacier & Inlet in (2005)
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In the photo above, the west shoreline of Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve is shown as it appeared in 2005. Over the century since the first photo was taken, Muir Glacier ceased to have a tidewater terminus. Note the lack of floating ice and the abundant vegetation on many slopes.
Muir Glacier & Inlet in (2005) - Photos of Alaska Then And Now. Get Ready to Be Shocked When You See What it Looks Like Now.
Plateu Glacier (1961)
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Taken on Wachusett Inlet in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska, this photo from September 1961 shows the lower reaches of Plateau Glacier, then a tidewater calving valley glacier with parts of its terminus being land based on either side of the fjord. Including submarine ice, the total ice thickness here is greater than 650 feet.
Plateu Glacier (2003)
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The 2003 repeat photograph documents the dramatic changes that occurred over 42 years. Plateau Glacier retreated out of the field of view and has all but melted away, after leaving a small remnant, Plateau Remnant, on the flanks of the Bruce Hills. The tributary glacier that formerly supported the medial moraine has retreated nearly 2 miles.
Bear Glacier (1920s)
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Both photos in this pair were taken from the same location on a ridge in Bulldog Cove, near Bear Glacier Point, Kenai Mountains, Alaska, show the changes to Bear Glacier between the early 1920s and 2005. The older photograph is from a postcard labeled Harding Glaciers, Resurrection Bay, Alaska.
Bear Glacier (2005)
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In the approximately 80 years between these photos, Bear Glacier's piedmont lobe has retreated completely out of the field of view. Large icebergs, floating in the ice-marginal lake that fills the basin formerly occupied by Bear Glacier's piedmont lobe, represent the only glacier ice that is visible.
Northwestern Glacier (1920s - 1940s)
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A pair of photos taken from the same location on the west shoreline of Harris Bay in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park. The first is an undated winter to early summer view, probably from the mid-1920s to the 1940s. The rocky shoreline in the foreground is covered by numerous small icebergs calved by the retreating Northwestern Glacier.
Northwestern Glacier (2005)
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The second photo dates from August 12, 2005. In the roughly 60 to 80 years between photos, Northwestern Glacier has retreated out of the field of view. In fact, the 2005 terminus is located more than 6 miles to the northwest. Ice-free Harris Bay makes up the foreground of the image.
Northwestern Glacier (1909)
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Taken from a cobble beach on the west shoreline of Harris Bay in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park, this 1909 photo shows the retreating terminus of the Northwestern Glacier, which then stood just over 160 feet high. No vegetation is visible in the photograph.
Northwestern Glacier (2004)
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By August 2004, the Northwestern Glacier has retreated out of the field of view. In fact, the 2004 terminus is located more than 6 miles to the northwest. Ice-free Harris Bay makes up the foreground of the image.
Pedersen Glacier (1920s- 1940s)
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When photographed here sometime between the 1920s and the 1940s, Pedersen Glacier was calving icebergs into the lake from a seracs-capped terminus that ranged from about 66 to 131 feet high. No vegetation is visible. (Kenai Fjords National Park)
Pedersen Glacier (2005)
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The second photo dates was taken Aug. 10, 2005. Since the first photo, most of the lake has filed with sediment and now supports grasses, shrubs and aquatic plants. The glacier's terminus has retreated by more than a mile and no icebergs are visible. Isolated patches of snow are present at a few higher elevation locations.
Pedersen Glacier (1909)
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The first photo was taken by U.S. Grant from the west shoreline of Aialik Bay on July 23, 1909, a view of the then-retreating northern part of the Pedersen Glacier terminus. The water in the foreground is part of an ice-marginal lake/lagoon located next to Aialik Bay.
Pedersen Glacier (2005)
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In the 94 years between the photos, most of the lake/lagoon has filled with sediment and now supports several varieties of grasses, shrubs, and aquatic plants. Only a few small icebergs are visible. Note that vegetation has developed on nearly every exposed land surface.
Reid Glacier (1899)
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This 1899 photo shows the approximately 197-ft.-high tidewater terminus of the then-retreating Reid Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. The hillside in the foreground is covered by a few inches of snow. No trees are present on the hillside or on any other surface in the field of view.
Reid Glacier (2003)
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In the 104 years between photographs, Reid Glacier has retreated nearly 2 miles. The hillside in the foreground is covered with dense vegetation, including both conifers and deciduous trees. Vegetation covers much of the lower slopes on the opposite side of the inlet.
Muir Glacier and Inlet (1890)
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The first photo was taken in 1890, in Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Muir Glacier and Inlet (2005)
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The second photo was taken in 2005, in Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Muir Glacier and Inlet (1896)
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The first photo was taken in 1896, in Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Muir Glacier and Inlet (2005)
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The second photo was taken in 2005, in Muir Inlet in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Source: http://www.snowaddiction.org/2014/06/photos-from-alaska-then-and-now-this-is-a-get-ready-to-be-shocked-when-you-see-what-it-looks-like-now.html