Scene from once a nunatak
A scalloped path and glacial valley.
This is a view from the top of the Kuna Crest. Dana Meadows can be seen in the upper center portion of the photo. The glacial valley leading to Mono Pass and Parker Pass is in the upper right corner.
A faint reflection
From an ancient spring
I can barely recall
Why this reminds me more of O'Keeffe than cowboys says something but I don't know what.
Ancient slopes broken
Precipitous cliffs arise
View from Parker Pass
Oh friends, not these tones!
Rather, let us raise our voices in more pleasing
And more joyful sounds!
Joy! Joy!
Joy! Joy!
View after leaving the trail to Donahue Pass and continuing up towards Mt Lyell. Mt Gibbs, Kuna Crest and Koip Crest as well as Lyell Canyon. I used to practice printing photographs with this negative.
Mts Lyell and Maclure as seen from the Kuna Crest. The glacial lobes were a bit larger then.
It's just a small thing
that's of little consequence.
Melting away.
I recall thinking at the time I took this photo that I was entering dangerous territory, rather like entering the jaws of a large beast. Looking back now I see how transitive and delicate this view was. The shot was taken looking out from inside the Conness glacier bergshrund. We could see the rock surface curving away under the ice and these icicles while looking out.
The glacier is a stark environment of ice and rock with surprising elements of incredible beauty found in the interstices as well as the landscape in general. Here is an ice cored moraine burying the toe of a classic cirque glacier. Note the exposed ice of the glacier where old snow has melted away. Note also the melt pond at the base of the moraine.