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File:Taku glacier firn ice sampling.png

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A scientist collecting snow and ice samples from the wall of a snow pit. Fresh snow can be seen at the surface and en:glacier ice at the bottom of the pit wall. The snow layers are composed of progressively denser en:firn. Taku Glacier, Juneau Icefield, en:Tongass National Forest, en:Alaska.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1216/f/images/firn1.gif

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02:39:49, 13 May 2005 (UTC) . . SEWilco ( Talk | Contribs) . . 519x352 (110,929 bytes) (A scientist collecting snow and ice samples from the wall of a snow pit. Fresh snow can be seen at the surface and en:glacier ice at the bottom of the pit wall. The snow layers are composed of progressively denser en:firn. Taku Glacier, Juneau Icefield,)

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18:59:07, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Remember the dot ( Talk | Contribs) ({{ShouldBePNG}})
02:41:13, 13 May 2005 (UTC) SEWilco ( Talk | Contribs) (wk)

02:39:49, 13 May 2005 (UTC) SEWilco ( Talk | Contribs) (A scientist collecting snow and ice samples from the wall of a snow pit. Fresh snow can be seen at the surface and en:glacier ice at the bottom of the pit wall. The snow layers are composed of progressively denser en:firn. Taku Glacier, Juneau Icefield,)
Date 2007-04-21 (original upload date)
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