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The receding Glacier  
   

The receding Glacier

The glaciers are currently receding at the rate of 3 feet per day and have receded nearly 3 miles over the last decade. Will they completely disappear? Who is to say?
Mt. Rainier , Washington

July 5th 2007
We visited Mt. Rainier today and were so impressed with the beauty of this place. It is hard to imagine that several days of rain in a wet region such as the Pacific Northwest would close a national park for six months. But when copious amounts of water (18" in 34 hours) rushed down hillsides and roads and overfilled the rivers within Mount Rainier National Park's boundaries, the end result wa ... read more
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