Contrasting Textures
Jagged rock against dirt lined waves of snow still lingering through summer into fall.
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
My entry for Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge
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Daily Archives: April 18, 2014
For the Love of Geography: Arêtes
We continue our study on mountain glacial landforms with the arête.
An arête is formed by two glaciers scouring away rock on two sides of a mountain. The result is a thin ridge of rock which separates two U-Shaped valleys. Weathering further erodes the rock thus shaping and sharpening the feature. Arêtes can also be formed when two cirques erode.
