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Timelapse photos showing the retreat of the Mendenhall and Suicide Glaciers between 1893 and 2018

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Two photos taken more than a century apart show the retreat of the Mendenhall and Suicide Glaciers between 1893 (top) and 2018 (bottom). Suicide Glacier has retreated up onto a ridge. A meltwater lake now fills the lower basin, dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier. Photos from the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center.