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Athabasca Glacier

            Early morning at this special glacier. It's always a shock when I see how far it has shrunk.  It used to reach beyond where I took this shot.  

"The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal 'toes' of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier currently loses depth at a rate of about 5 metres (16 ft) per year and has receded more than 1.5 km (0.93 mi) and lost over half of its volume in the past 125 years. Easily accessible, it is the most visited glacier in North America."
Wikipedia

As its main accumulation straddles the Continental Divide, and forms what’s known as the ‘hydrographic apex of North America’ or the centre of water distribution on the continent, the Columbia Icefield is commonly nicknamed the "Mother of Rivers." The meltwaters from the icefield’s various glaciers travel thousands of kilometres, flowing through many rivers and eventually draining into the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans. 

A worthy stop when traveling between Banff and Jasper on the Icefields Parkway.

Taken on: October 5, 2022

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/9.0, 1/250 sec, 48mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	48mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.3 (Macintosh)
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