Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch 2011 and 2012Rapid recession of the glacier system Pers-Morteratsch continues. In only a few years Vadret Pers will no longer reach Vadret da Morteratsch. |
![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession](icons/bernina_panorama.jpg) Panorama photo from Munt Pers, 8.9.2012. The image is wide and my require scrolling to the right. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession](icons/zusammenfluss_von_munt_pers.jpg) Tele photo from Munt Pers showing the confluence of Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch. 8.9.2012. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession](icons/querspalten_pers.jpg) Transverse crevasses above the icefall of Vadret Pers, tele photo from Munt Pers. 8.9.2012. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession](icons/spaltenmuster.jpg) Crevasse field on Vadret da Morteratsch, tele photo from Munt Pers. 8.9.2012. |
![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, lateral morain, lake Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, lateral morain, lake](icons/moraenenseen_pers.jpg) The true right lateral moraine of Vadret Pers dams small lakes below Munt Pers. 8.9.2012. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession](icons/pano_rand_persgletscher.jpg) Panorama from the lateral moraine of Vadret Pers below Diavolezza. 8.9.2012. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession, waterfall Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession, waterfall](icons/wasserfall_persgletscher.jpg) A waterfall has emerged in a previously ice-covered rock face on the true left side of Vadret Pers. 8.9.2012. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession, lateral moraine, lake Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, recession, lateral moraine, lake](icons/moraenensee_isla_persa.jpg) Small lake dammed by lateral moraines of Vadret da Morteratsch and Vadret da Pers. 8.9.2012. |
![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, icefall Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, icefall](icons/labyrinth.jpg) On Vadret da Morteratsch, below the icefall, the so-called "Labyrinth". 8.9.2012. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, icefall Morteratsch, Bernina, icefall](icons/labyrinth_morteratsch.jpg) Icefall (so-called "Labyrinth") of Vadret da Morteratsch in the evenig light; tele photo. 8.9.2012. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, Boval, moraine, glacier Morteratsch, Bernina, Boval, moraine, glacier](icons/morteratsch_boval_panorama.jpg) Panorama photo of Vadret da Morteratsch from the Boval mountain hut. 9.9.2012. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, moulin, glacier, ice Morteratsch, Bernina, moulin, glacier, ice](icons/loch.jpg) Big hole in the ice near the terminus of Vadret da Morteratsch, caused by a moulin. 14.8.2011. |
![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, glacier portal Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, glacier portal](icons/gletschertor_2012.jpg) Portal of Vadret da Morteratsch on 10.9.2012; photo Michael Hambrey. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, glacier portal Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, glacier portal](icons/gletschertor_2011.jpg) The glacier portal one year earlier, on 14.8.2011. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, glacier portal Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, glacier portal](icons/gletschertor_2011_09_04.jpg) The glacier portal on 10.9.2011 after several roof collapses; photo Michael Hambrey. | ![Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, glacier portal Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, glacier portal](icons/abbruch.jpg) Recently collapsed ice near the portal of Vadret da Morteratsch. 8.10.2012. |
![glacier flea, hexapod, Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier glacier flea, hexapod, Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier](icons/gletscherfloh.jpg) Glacier fleas on the tongue of Vadret da Morteratsch. These hexapods are only 1,5 to 2,5mm long. 8.10.2012. | ![glacier flea, hexapod, Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier glacier flea, hexapod, Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier](icons/gletscherfloh_junge.jpg) Glacier fleas of various sizes on the tongue of Vadret da Morteratsch. 8.10.2012. | ![glacier flea, hexapod, Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier glacier flea, hexapod, Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier](icons/gletscherfloh_kryokonitloch.jpg) Glacier fleas in a small cryoconite hole on the tongue of Vadret da Morteratsch. 8.10.2012. | ![Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch 2011 and 2012 Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch 2011 and 2012](icons/glitzerwelt.jpg) Ice crystals on the edge of a meltwater channel on Vadret Pers. |
![Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch 2011 and 2012 Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch 2011 and 2012](icons/eismuster_persgletscher.jpg) Frozen surface of a meltwater channel on Vadret Pers. 8.9.2012. | ![star, milky way, Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, Piz Palü star, milky way, Morteratsch, Bernina, glacier, Piz Palü](icons/paluegletscher_sternenlicht.jpg) Nightsky with milky way above Vadret Pers, Piz Palü (left) and Piz Bernina (right) from Diavolezza. 7.9.2012. | ![Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch 2011 and 2012 Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch 2011 and 2012](icons/piz_palue_sonnenaufgang.jpg) Sunrise on Piz Palü; tele photo from Diavolezza. 8.9.2012. | ![Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch 2011 and 2012 Vadret Pers and Vadret da Morteratsch 2011 and 2012](icons/berninagipfel_alpengluehen.jpg) Sunrise on Piz Bernina; tele photo from Diavolezza. 8.9.2012. |
Photos, unless otherwise noted, are by Jürg Alean.
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