Man looking at Split Rock, a quartzite glacial erratic carried from Mt. Edith Cavell to Calgary in the colder climate of the Pleistocene Ice Age

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Split Rock is part of the Foothills Erratics Train, quartzite rocks from Mount Edith Cavell in the Rocky Mountains of Jasper National Park which were carried by glacier ice during the Pleistocene Ice Age and deposited in present-day Calgary

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Size: 3030px × 2020px
Location: West Nose Creek Park (Confluence Park), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Rosanne Tackaberry / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes

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