As the sun melts glacier ice, large boulders protect the ice under them. As the ice around melts faster, the boulders rest of the slower melting ice t

---

As the sun melts glacier ice, large boulders protect the ice under them. As the ice around melts faster, the boulders rest of the slower melting ice that forms a pillar, until the boulder slides off!

---

Size: 5034px × 3356px
Location: Matanuska Glacier
Photo credit: © David Crane / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: adventure, alaska, balance, boulder, cliff, cloud, clouds, cloudy, cold, danger, day, geology, glacier, heavy, huge, ice, landscape, large, massive, matanuska, melting, natural, nature, outdoors, overcast, perch, perched, pillar, precarious, rock, sand, scenery, science, shade, shadow, sightseeing, sky, standing, stone, table, tourism, travel, valley, wild, wilderness