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One of the things Liz and I were hoping to see during our two week adventure in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park was a glacier.
However, visiting during late September, almost all the snow had melted, with just a few small glacier fragments remaining at high altitude.
This residual glacier was by the side of the Alpine Visitor Centre, up at 12,000 feet above sea level, and was the closest we got during our stay.
Even so, although there was only a very small part of the glacier left, the snow stood out very dramatically against the dark brown alpine tundra, and was well worth photographing.
This view shows the glacier isolated against the slope, with a lovely arrangement of lines, colours and textures defining the composition.
Filename - rocky mountains glacier 02.jpg
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 105mm
Exposure - 1/50 sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, U.S.A.
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Polarising filter used to reduce glare
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