![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/sandkegel.jpg) Unusually large dirt cone; it contains mostly ice and is covered by a thin layer of dark sand only; Lauteraarhorn in the background. | ![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/sandkegel-gruppe.jpg) Dirt cones are formed when fine glacial sediments reach the glacier surface as a result of ablation. The sediments then protect the ice from incoming radiation. | ![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/roter_tisch.jpg) Weathering of boulders containing ferrous minerals leads to remarkable brown to orange colouring due to the formation of the mineral limonite. | ![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/amphibolit.jpg) This big block of amphibolite probably originates in the NE face of Finsteraarhorns. "Finster", in fact, means dark and is a reference to dark rocks. |
![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/gletschereis.jpg) Blue glacier ice below a large glacier table. | ![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/blue_foliation.jpg) Foliation is cleraly visible under another glacier table. | ![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/tisch_bach.jpg) Glacier table in a meander of a meltwater stream. | ![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/gletschertisch.jpg) This glacier table's rock will soon fall off. |
![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/tisch_strahlegg.jpg) Glacier tables at an early stage of their formation (left foreground and on the right) and in a fully developed state (centre). | ![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/tisch_spalte.jpg) A small meltwater stream dissects the ice pillar below this glacier table. | ![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/tisch.jpg) Perfectly developed glacier table on Strahlegggletscher. | ![Dirt cones and glacier tables Dirt cones and glacier tables](icons-glacier-tables/tische_mehrere.jpg) Several glacier tables on Strahlegggletscher; Schreckhorn in the background. |