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Photo ID: iqq1o0	Subject: Glaciers	Description
	Cryology; Glacial Features; Glacial Geology; Glaciation; Glaciers; Ice; Moulins; Streams; Water Erosion	Where a surface stream on a glacier finds its way to the subglacial or englacial drainage network through a crevasse or other opening a moulin may form. Moulins may exceed 30 meters in depth and 4.5 meters wide. Sediments washed into a moulin may form a cone of debris which may be left as a kame when the glacier melts back.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; Alaska
Photo Quality \| Large	Available for Commercial Use