Walking to Ft. Tryon and the Cloisters in the fall New York City

The Earth Minute takes an autumn walk in New York City.

On a drizzly day we walked up the hill to Fort Tryon and the Cloisters Museum.

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Red and green foliage is in starkly beautiful contrast 

to the grey weathered Manhattan Schist and biotite cliffs.

The Met Cloisters

99 Margaret Corbin Drive 

Fort Tryon Park

New York, NY 10040

Phone: 212-923-3700

 

Here is some early history and geology of the park -and on Fort Tryon. 

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Autumn Walk in New York's Central Park  - (New York City, New York)

 

A Winter's Walk at Lake Tahoe, California

Lake Tahoe sits astride the borders of California and Nevada well over a mile high in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

We went for an end of the year snowshoe and stroll in the brisk, quiet air.

Join us for a Winter's walk at Lake Tahoe, California!

Look for the white-headed woodpecker! 

We stayed on the California side in South Lake Tahoe. 

Breath deeply!   The Lake level is about 6,224 feet!

The lakeside has fascinating pebble and boulders - and miniature ice sculptures from the melting and re-freezing of the wet ground.

 

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Meet a Roosevelt Elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti)

Sequoia National Park - More Than Big Trees  

 

See the Mendenhall Glacier, Southeast Alaska

Just a few miles from Juneau, Alaska has one of the most visited glaciers in the world.

Also one of the most beautiful streams. 

Where does all this water come from?




Visiting Mendenhall glacier recently, I was surprised how much it had retreated just since my last visit in 1990.
The huge waterfall you see below was just at the front of the glacier then.

Keri was shocked.

 

In 1968 the photo taken from this perspective would have been of the front face of the glacier. Now the face is well over a mile up the channel from the waterfall.

Mendenhall glacier was also much broader and thicker only a few years ago.

656 feet were lost on its east side in 2004 and 269 feet lost on its west side in 2005. 
And this doesn't take into account the loss of the ice height!

This important video below plays at the Mendenhall glacier visitor center. Constantly.

350 Days of a Retreating Glacier

The next time you hear someone say there is no rapid climate change...  send them here.


See a video of the Mendenhall Glacier Retreat from 1958 to 2012 from GlacierChange.org


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