A small glacial kame rises above the surrounding flatland at Moraine Hills State Park near McHenry, Illinois. A foggy morning helps to define the contours of the kame against the wooded backdrop -- I had been to the park several times and never really noticed this formation until this day.
Kames are formed by the flow of water through a narrow tunnel in a melting glacier. Dirt and debris form piles at the bottom of the glacier and are revealed as the glacier recedes. Kames can be the dominant feature in a post-glacial landscape.
So in this instance, it kame, it thawed, it conquered. Ba-dum.
Photograph © 2010 James Jordan.
1 comment:
I didn't know about kames. Good post. Ba-dum.
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