The low hills in the foreground are the southern terminus of the Brady Glacier. Behind them the ice stretches for many miles. Although the surface of these hills are covered with small boulders and cobbles, there's ice just below. This is the temporary equilibrium point, where the glacier's advances are more or less equal to the loss from melting. The Brady is getting thinner, and will not be able to hold this position for long. The glacier is over 2 miles wide at the terminus and there are many streams emerging from beneath the ice, draining the enormous basin that holds the ice-sheet. Even on the brightest blue-sky days the water is icy cold, very close to freezing. Photographer: Bill Eichenlaub