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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.
Photographer
Dr. John Cloud
Display Date
2013 August
Location
Alaska, Nome to Council Road.
Collection
Paths Less Taken
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA Central Library