Wednesday, September 03, 2008

"I think I just flew past a pyramid peak"

I expect glacial landforms would be the last things on these guys' minds but.........


... if you look carefully, you should be able to spot glaciers, crevasses, corries, aretes, a couple of pyramid peaks, a U shaped valley or two complete with hanging valleys and truncated spurs, a ribbon lake and lots of periglacial features!

And you could practise your French at the same time! How many practitioners are there of this extreme form of skydiving in France?!

On the subject of glacial processes, here is an experiment which confirms what I was teaching today about pressure melting beneath the ice. You could try this one at home!