Quartzite erratic carried by glacier ice from Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper to current location in the Canadian prairies during the Pleistocene Epoch


This glacial erratic, part of the Foothills Erratics Train, was carried by glacier ice from Mount Edith Cavell in the Rocky Mountains of Jasper National Park to the Canadian prairies.


Size: 2020px × 3030px
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Rosanne Tackaberry / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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