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Blue hour
Geelong Marina
Margerie Glacier
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Glacier Blue
Some of out Blue gums
Surfboard blue
Sea green
Green fields…blue sky.
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Blue River with a tinge of green.
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Late this week , but better late….
All photos are of Margerie Glacier..
…in Alaska’s Glacier Bay.
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SUNDAY STILLS PHOTOS:...Glacier-Blue
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Frozen water of Alaska’s, Margerie Glacier
tumbles into the chilly water of Glacier Bay….
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge:…Liquid
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Jez’s-WWE-PC-Glacier-Bay
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Glacier Bay…
Alaska.
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Margerie Glacier
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When ice falls away from the glacier
it is called calving.
Although the ice chunks did not appear large
from our vantage point, to create
this reaction that assumption
had to be wrong
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Water-Water-Everywhere: #29
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An abundance of ice and snow at the…
Margerie Glacier
in Glacier Bay (Alaska)…
…and the
Columbia Ice Fields,
(Athabasca Glacier) in Canada.
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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Crush
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crush
deform, pulverize, or force inwards by compressing forcefully
A calving
Margerie Glacier…
…makes a bit of a splash as ice hits the sea.
It is not until you realise that
the Glacier face is about 250 feet high (above water)
and the splash is about one third the height of the face
and factor in the amount of ice required
to create a splash that high…
…that you realise that these small vessels
might conceivably be crushed
should they wander too close
to the action.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Crush
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Lens-Artist-PC-2018-Review
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A great idea for the end of the year
and particularly one in which I thought
I had not been out (with camera) very much…
January began with a nice sunrise which
reflected on our sprinkler.
February brought…
…one of my favourite photos for the year.
February also saw us in Auckland for a weekend to attend
an engagement party for our eldest and his bride to be.
March is… 
a nice month to get out and about…
for sunrises and…
surf.
Late in March I joined liked minded people
to exhibit some of our work.
In my case photos.
A few day later in early April we celebrated
our 31st Wedding Anniversary
with a First Class (our own private cabin)
dinner on the Q-Train.
Trips for sunrises and sets…
…were becoming fewer due to another trip into day-stay hospital.
Also due in part to the fact that
we were thinking of our trip to Canada in June.
On the Columbia Icefield we experienced
falling snow for the first time.
A week later we were enjoying our Gold Leaf carriage
on the Rocky Mountaineer as it
carried us back to Vancouver.
Boarding the MS Noordam we cruised the inside passage
to Alaskan waters and enjoyed our first pre-booked excursion.
A dog sled ride on the Mendenhall Glacier.
Glacier Bay was absolutely fantastic, and to see
Margerie Glacier calving, several times,
was well worth the visit.
Home in July for a rare colourful sunrise.
By late August canola crops were beginning to flower.
Early September and many deciduous trees were in bloom.
Late September and our road trip
in New Zealand had commenced.
Hobbiton movie set was another of our must sees prior to leaving.
Early in October we added
another daughter-in-law to our family.
Spring rains came and went leaving us fairly dry
at the beginning of December..
However, we were lucky enough to have a pleasant Christmas…
with temperature sitting in the mid-twenties.
Happy New Year to all.
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti: Review-2018
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Leya: Review-2018
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy: Review-2018
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina: Review-2018
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Glacier is my word for this post.
One of the definitions found for canicular was
‘…a period of inactivity…’
This Husky puppy, on Mendenhall Glacier,
was quite content to have
a period of inactivity
after a five-minute playtime with tourists.
Margerie Glacier in a calving moment.
The size of the splash can be contextualised
when compared to these vessels.
After a few passes this feathered friend decided…
to hitch a ride while it caught its breath.
Not a very good photo but included as my marine photo
as it was my only otter sighting.
