These photographs show the Mer de Glace, and some surrounding glaciers and glacial features, near Chamonix in the French Alps. Click on any picture to see a larger version.

Push moraine

Ancient lateral moraine

Lateral moraine

South facing alpine corries

Crevasse

Active Corrie

Large boulder on glacier

Sediment Fan

Lower section of Mer de Glace

Snout of Mer de Glace

Lower section of Mer de Glace

Small corrie glacier

Lateral melting

Lower part of Mer de Glace

Hanging valley

Hanging valley entering Mer de Glace

Edge of Mer de Glace

Old lateral moraine

Medial moraine

Supraglacial moraine

Braided stream

Controlled meltwater stream

North facing niche

Snow patches

Corrie glacier

Recessional moraine

Supraglacial moraine

Supraglacial moraine

Moraine protecting snow from melting

Moraine protecting snow from melting

Snow fields above Mer de Glace

Smooth rocks recently exposed by retreating ice

Glacial snout

North facing snow patches

Meltwater stream and fresh water

Striations

Populated glacial valley

Valley glacier leaving Alpine snow fields

Snout of a glacier

Valley glacier

Old lateral moraine

Waterfall from hanging valley

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