Gloppedalsura
I spent today exploring Gloppedalsura.
10,000 years ago the ice sheet that covered the area, melted away. For a period of time the massive end moraine dammed the Hunnedal river's former course, towards Veen and Vikeså, and formed a lake in Byrkjedalsgryta. The terraces in Byrkjedal at 240 metres altitude are evidence of this moraine-dammed lake. The annual cycle of frost and expanding ice broke free a vast number of boulders and rocks and sent them tumbling down the southern mountainside. This debris settled as a 100-metre thick scree on top of the moraine. Hunnedal river and the lake in Byrkjedalsgryta were forced to find a new outlet; the water burrowed a gully from Byrkjedal towards Gilja - Giljajuvet.
Basically it's a giant valley filled with giant rocks.
I also broke my camera :( :( :( That's what I get for trying to wriggle through a hole in the rocks with my camera in my pocket. Boo!
10,000 years ago the ice sheet that covered the area, melted away. For a period of time the massive end moraine dammed the Hunnedal river's former course, towards Veen and Vikeså, and formed a lake in Byrkjedalsgryta. The terraces in Byrkjedal at 240 metres altitude are evidence of this moraine-dammed lake. The annual cycle of frost and expanding ice broke free a vast number of boulders and rocks and sent them tumbling down the southern mountainside. This debris settled as a 100-metre thick scree on top of the moraine. Hunnedal river and the lake in Byrkjedalsgryta were forced to find a new outlet; the water burrowed a gully from Byrkjedal towards Gilja - Giljajuvet.
Basically it's a giant valley filled with giant rocks.
I also broke my camera :( :( :( That's what I get for trying to wriggle through a hole in the rocks with my camera in my pocket. Boo!
1 Comments:
you broke your camera?
:(
those are some massive blocks. it's not until the last photo, with the car as reference, does it become apparent just how big they are.
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Steve, on 4:06 PM, April 13, 2009
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