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This series of images shows the ice-studded lake in Suicide Basin from August 4, 2024, through August 8, 2024. Historically, the basin was entirely filled by Suicide Glacier, but it has retreated to the top of the plateau. Now, summer meltwater flows into a lake in the foreground that is dammed by the much larger Mendenhall Glacier, just outside the image at left. When the ice dam gives way, the lake can drain completely in a single days-long outburst. Images from a webcam courtesy of the National Weather Service, United States Geological Survey, University of Alaska Southeast, and Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center.