Video
Emmons-Winthrop Glacier time lapse from Camp Schurman
Descriptive Transcript
Timelapse using images from a webcam that looks up towards the summit of Mount Rainier. The summit is covered by snow and glaciers. The glaciers split in two around a rocky promintory in the foreground of the image. As the timelapse proceeds, the glacier ice appears to flow down the mountain, with crevasses forming and growing in the ice as the season progresses. Climbers set up tents and travel on the rocky outcrop and glaciers.
Description
This 65-frame time lapse video comprises the 7:00 am view of the Emmons and Winthrop Glaciers from Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - Monday, September 11, 2017 from the Camp Schurman webcam. (Note that there are several frames during this time that are missing). The time lapse reveals many interesting features of the glacier, including opening and closing crevasses, zones of different speeds on each glacier, melting of the latest year's winter snow accumulation, rock falls, avalanches, and many more. It is through time lapse videos like this that we can truly see the dynamic nature of glaciers as rivers of ice. (no audio)
Duration
6 seconds
Credit
NPS/Scott Beason
Date Created
03/12/2018
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