A hanging glacier in the Chugach Mountains in Girdwood, Alaska. A hanging glacier results from the melting of a major valley glacier system leaving behind tributary glaciers that appear to hang from the mountain.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Gridwood, Alaska, USA
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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