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Shrinking Ponds at Eielson Visitor Center: 1976-2005

A photo pair showing Shrinking Ponds at Eielson Visitor Center: 1976-2005

This photo pair shows a small pond and meadow area located on the bench above the Thorofare River west of Eielson bluffs and just south of the Park Road. The presence of standing water in this old pond feature in 2005 is surprising, because 2004-2005 were two of the warmest years on record for interior Alaska. This is particularly interesting due to the fact that the pond was apparently dry in 1976, and the main trend over the past three decades has been ponds drying and shrinking in boreal North America.

Original year: 1976; Rephoto year: 2005

U.S. National Park Service

Photos and photo pairs are pre-approved for educational use ONLY. To use them in educational products, credit them the same way as they are credited on the website, Photo Credit: Original photographer: Fred Dean; Rephoto photographer: Carl Roland. For any other use beyond education, contact Denali National Park and Preserve for additional copyright information on specific images of interest.

Original photographer: Fred Dean; Rephoto photographer: Carl Roland

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Eielson Visitor Center, Alaska Range mountains, Alaska
Latitude: 63.422328, Longitude: -150.448904

Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Latitude: 63.3182792663574, Longitude: -150.602905273438

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