Wheeler Peak Cirque
Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II
5643856/1000000 sec. /
ISO 100
State/Province/Region
Nevada
Nearest Area
Great Basin NP
Town
Baker
Notes
EF 70-200mm @ 70mm; f/16 @ 1/50 sec, +0.33 EV, ISO 100; 7 vertical images stitched in Photoshop via Auto align and Auto blend scripts.
Description
Wheeler Peak (right), standing at over 13,000 feet, provides classic examples of the erosional forces of glaciation. Ice pried, plucked and carried away quartzite from the cool northeast slopes of the higher reaches in the Snake Range. When the glaciers melted and receded, deep bowls called "cirques" were exposed. Also visible today are the rocky hummocks called moraines. Wheeler Peak Cirque shelters the only known remaining glacier in Great Basin NP. Although this image was made in early June, access beyond Mather Overlook, where this image was made, was denied.
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Date Added
March 17, 2023
Date Taken
March 17, 2023