tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104712637153672791.post3120415477414999973..comments2023-05-11T07:49:23.380-08:00Comments on Happenings: That was one ski jump!Dana+Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970890243159750712noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104712637153672791.post-61879523205141034262009-03-11T09:20:00.000-08:002009-03-11T09:20:00.000-08:00I love crazy Alaskans--wahoo!And I love the photo ...I love crazy Alaskans--wahoo!<BR/><BR/>And I love the photo archives. They are fun (and infuriating at the same time!) to search through...<BR/><BR/>Here are a few Mendenhall archive images to put our photos in perspective. The lake didn't exist until about 1909. <A HREF="http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=2634&REC=25&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=1440&DMHEIGHT=2000" REL="nofollow">Here's an older photo just around when the lake was forming.</A> and then when the "older half" of the lake was formed but <A HREF="http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=2488&REC=19&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=1440&DMHEIGHT=2000" REL="nofollow">none of the big rock bench was showing yet.</A> Here's another archive of ice gathering and the <A HREF="http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=2489&REC=20&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=1440&DMHEIGHT=2000" REL="nofollow">rock bench is just starting to appear.</A><BR/><BR/>Compare those with <A HREF="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1bAMlx44ABMTbHNLpAAXhg?feat=directlink" REL="nofollow">our most recent picture</A>--the big rock outcrop is a major feature, and the lake goes ~2 km back past the rock outcrop now.Matt Heavnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438311750692478555noreply@blogger.com