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Suicide Basin above Juneau Alaska

By Alaska Science Center
Person in a red jacket standing near a basin covered in ice.
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USGS staff inspecting monitoring equipment in Suicide Basin. Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau, Alaska.

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Photo taken by Jeff Conaway, USGS

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