Portage Glacier Lake by junge1
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Portage Glacier Lake is located within the Chugach National Forest on Kenai Peninsula about 50 miles southeast of Anchorage, Alaska. The lake was created behind the terminal moraine of Portage Glacier as it began receding. This picture was taken from the Begich-Boggs Visitor Center.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s the glacier extended to this point. Today, the glacier is 6km southeast of the visitor center and a boat has to be taken to see it.
This picture was taken in August 1991 and was later scanned.
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Comments (29)
SapUS59
gorgeous image my friend, that icy blue color is beautifully captured !!
Janiss
Oh Sig, really gorgeous... such splendid tones of blue my friend!
Meisiekind
Absolutely splendid image Sig. I love the hues of blue! It does look bitterly cold though! Great work. xx
Dynazty
beautiful shot of a beautiful place...=]
durleybeachbum
Wonderful! Even if I stil travelled ,too cold to go here!
jeroni
fantastic capture my friend, excellent image
artaddict2
Splendid view Sig, another amazing place in this world. I always notice Alaska being so vast on the North American map but can't imagine it to be a highly populated place at all. Looks a beautiful place, way too cold for me!
Alex_Antonov
Lovely image! 5+!
virginiese
Fantastic ! I'm cold now :-) Great view and compo !
jocko500
so wonderful looking
JeffG7BRJ
A bit too cold for me Sig, I never used to bother about the cold when I was working, you could see me out in a snow storm with a short sleave shirt on, but not anymore. Now it's a case of wrap up warm, I have slowed down a lot though, so that could have something to do with it. Lol. Excellent capture and interesting information, where will it be in the next century? Bravo!!!!!
timtripp
stunning image!
danob
Amazing place Sig and great photography
tizjezzme
I've never made it to Alaska, but i hope to some day. This is beautiful!
MrsLubner
Breathtaking! Such an astonishing sight...a look into the so very distant past. Gosh you have seen such wonderful things! Stellar shot.
frankie96
The glacier ice is so beautifully blue....nice image...
MrsRatbag
Breathtaking image -- stunning!
amlondono
Impressive image , this is really beautiful Sig , Ana
junge1
I don't know about the water temperature, but the ambient air temperature was in the mid 60s in the afternoon and it was very pleasant. But this lake is evidence of global warming, whether man-caused or a natural, inter-ice age cycle, who knows.
RobyHermida
Great shot! The postwork was well done, the result is gorgeous! My congratulations!!! A hug from Argentina!! my friend!!!! ROBY
mizoli
Beautiful image!
bebert
superbe !!!
MaraP
Amazing!!!!5+++
mickuk50
to think the air temp was that with all that ice about .excellent capture sig :o) mick
Richardphotos
breath taking beauty
Cosine
Beautiful shot. This is a lot more ice than I saw two years ago in June. It's sad that in a decade or two all the glaciers may be gone.
busi2ness
The blue hues absolutely in step with the cold objects.
KarmaSong
This wonderful glacier and its icebergs could very well be Icelandic! I am amazed by the black lava that also reminds me of what I saw in Iceland. This is an amazing and gorgeous capture, Sig!
biancalia
Beautiful picture!