Taku Glacier is the largest glacier in the Juneau Icefield.

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Taku Glacier is the deepest and thickest alpine temperate glacier in the world. Seen from the air, it originates in the Juneau Icefield of the Tongass National Forest, and converges with the Taku River.

Copyright: MELISSA FARLOW
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Keywords: aerial views, alaska, coast mountains, coast mountains (alaska), color image, day, geography, glaciers, ice, ice fields, juneau, juneau icefield, mountains, national forests (alaska), nobody, north america, outdoors, photography, taku glacier, tongass national forest, united states
Contained in galleries: Tongass_National Geographic magazine_7/2007

Randy Olson, Melissa Farlow Photography