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Ablation stakes on Gulkana Glacier

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Ablation stakes on Gulkana Glacier, Alaska. Late summer fieldwork on Gulkana Glacier reveals ablation stakes emerging from the ice. Measurements of the change in the height of the snow and ice at these stakes is one aspect of determining glacier mass balance.

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Public Domain.

Photographer: Louis Sass, USGS