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View of the high tundra from Skookum Pass. Solifluction lobes formed by aprocess of thawing moisture-laden topsoil lying over permafrost sliding slowlydown hill. This creeping sheet of soil creates scalloped lobes of tallervegetation along the moist leading edge. (Image credit: Dr. John Cloud)
Photographer
Dr. John Cloud
Display Date
2013 August
Location
Alaska, Nome to Council Road.
Collection
Paths Less Taken
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA Central Library