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14 Johns Hopkins Glacier Underwater Cave in Alaska

The Johns Hopkins Glacier, named after the university in Baltimore, is typically closed to cruise ships in order to protect wildlife habitat in Glacier Bay National Park. Melt-water from this mile-wide glacier often emerges from below the surface causing tunnels or caves like the one in the photo. Sometimes the water squirts out like a giant fountain. Imagine this 250 foot wall of ice, equivalent to a 25 story building, moving about 3,000 feet a year. That’s eight feet a day.

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Johns Hopkins Glacier Underwater Cave in Alaska

John Hopkins Inlet, Alaska

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