Another in my occasional series of photos of the world of ice. This is a "glacier table" on a glacier in the Swiss Alps. A large erratic has blocked incoming solar radiation and has effectively shut off the ice melting process. So the ice around it has been ablated, or melted away, while the area in shade has been protected. The result is a pillar of glacier ice -- as you can see, as the season progresses, and as the sun lowers in the sky, the flanks of the pillar become exposed to direct sunlight. Eventually so much opf the pillar will be melted that the weight of the boulder can no longer be supported. Then the whole thing will collapse -- and maybe the process will start again next year.
From the wonderful "Glaciersonline" web site.
How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
THE BOOK
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
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