July-August 1879, Alaska Trip Image 47
the great glacier which formed Yosemite Valley were still in existence, stretching across from the Three Brothers to below the Sentinel, the ice crushing heavily against the forested rocks of the walls. Yet strange as this may appear, to see glaciers in contact with flowery and tree vegetation, I ha...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-2426 2023-08-27T04:09:33+02:00 July-August 1879, Alaska Trip Image 47 Muir, John 1879-07-01T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1427 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2426/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1427 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2426/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies . All John Muir Journals John Muir journals drawings writings travel journaling naturalist text 1879 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:02:37Z the great glacier which formed Yosemite Valley were still in existence, stretching across from the Three Brothers to below the Sentinel, the ice crushing heavily against the forested rocks of the walls. Yet strange as this may appear, to see glaciers in contact with flowery and tree vegetation, I have so long looked at the ancient glaciers of the Sierra that they have been seen as present in the flesh, so that I seemed to be contemplating what I had long been familiar with. At low tide there stretched from the water to the snout of the glacier a nearly level sheet of moraine matter, granite, sand mud pebbles and cobbles with comparatively few large or even moderate sized boulders, gathered by the many small streams issuing from beneath the glacier and from {sketch} https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2426/thumbnail.jpg Text glacier glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Great Glacier ENVELOPE(-131.887,-131.887,56.850,56.850) The Sentinel ENVELOPE(73.317,73.317,-52.983,-52.983) The Three Brothers ENVELOPE(-36.803,-36.803,-54.290,-54.290) Three Brothers ENVELOPE(-36.803,-36.803,-54.290,-54.290) |
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the great glacier which formed Yosemite Valley were still in existence, stretching across from the Three Brothers to below the Sentinel, the ice crushing heavily against the forested rocks of the walls. Yet strange as this may appear, to see glaciers in contact with flowery and tree vegetation, I have so long looked at the ancient glaciers of the Sierra that they have been seen as present in the flesh, so that I seemed to be contemplating what I had long been familiar with. At low tide there stretched from the water to the snout of the glacier a nearly level sheet of moraine matter, granite, sand mud pebbles and cobbles with comparatively few large or even moderate sized boulders, gathered by the many small streams issuing from beneath the glacier and from {sketch} https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2426/thumbnail.jpg |
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