The vertical face of the glacier where it melts into the water is – believe it or not – 350 feet. And we are seeing only about two thirds of it here. The rest is under water!!

After traveling for 21 miles, this glacier finally ends its journey here. It is an imposing scene that a camera cannot do justice. Just the length of the face (where the glacier ends and breaks into the bay) is over a mile long!!

Reminded me of my eight and ninth grade geography books…

Large part of this mountain collapsed to a landslide a few years back. You can see the vertical face and the huge amount of rubbles right below it.

Again, while scanning the mountains for bears and mountain goats, noticed an interesting strain in the rock formation. Most of the rocks here are of uniform color and composition. There was a sudden exception – and I think I saw only one such exception – of a rich vein of what appears to be ferrous composition. (notice the rich red-brown part on the vertical section of the rock).

All the way from the top (several thousand feet high) straight into the bay below down a near vertical path…

I was mistakenly thinking that the cerulean color of the water was due to its pristine nature of the water coming from the glacier. Apparently, this mind blowing color is rendered by glacier silt in the water that is still in suspension and has not had a chance to sediment out.

These mountains start from the water and go straight up thousands and thousands of feet…

I was scanning the mountain side for bears and mountain goats with the binoculars and zoom lenses when this dead tree caught my attention. It is almost like it was uprooted flat out from its base and then laid down onto the ground right next to the water…