By standing in the same places that an early photographer stood and taking a new picture, we can compare how the landscape has, or has not, changed.
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Glacier National Park
Article 1: Repeat Photos of Sperry Glacier
The year was 1988. Lisa McKeon crunched out onto the ice holding on to her mom's hand. Lisa's smile was captured in a picture along with Grinnell Glacier in the background. She didn’t know it at the time, but she would be hiking to many of the park’s glaciers over the next three decades. Read more
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Glacier National Park
Article 2: Repeat Photos of Grinnell Glacier
Along with repeat photos, scientists use a variety of other methods to determine how a glacier is changing. While repeat photos are helpful and good visual tool, they only tell a part of the story. To fully understand the recent and predicted melt of the park’s glaciers, scientists use a variety of data. But, repeat photos provide relevant and interesting snapshots of change just as Grinnell noted long ago. Read more
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Glacier National Park
Article 3: Repeat Photos of Jackson Glacier
Glacier National Park has always been a dynamic place of change. That makes it a special place to witness and study the power of climate change, both natural and not. Read more