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Fridtjovbreen, Gullstrandfjellet, and Hisingerfjellet

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The landscape equivalent of surround sound

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One in the valley

 

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Glacier-ice close-ups in large format

 

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Gold foil-covered rocks bring bright spots to the monochromatic landscape

 

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Gullstrandfjellet from the edge of Fridtjovbreen

 

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In the fallout zone at glacier’s edge

 

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Glacier ice, smooth and blue, and gray and rock-filled

 

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View from Fridtjovbreen Glacier

 

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Hisingerfjellet across the bay

 

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Antigua at anchor

 

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Fridtjovbreen and its mountain companions

 

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The face of Fridtjovbreen

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    • The artist, tbaughman.com, was exploring our collective identity crisis in the time of climate change. I’m not sure what her exact idea was behind wrapping rocks in gold-foil. It made a striking contrast in the landscape, though.