Repeat photos Tiefen glacier, location 2: Sequential representation

Height: 2506m   Viewing angle: 173°   Viewing direction center of photo: WSW

Site 2 (prominent boulder with the inscription 2011) is located around 100m to the west of Site 1 and was covered by the glacier until 2011.

Time span between first and last photo: 2945 Days = 8.07 Years

Location 2 (Accidental rock with the inscription 2011) is located about 100m to the west of location 1 and was covered by the glacier until 2011.
In only 2 years the foothills of the glacier tongue have melted almost completely and in front of the glacier gate a rather large, shallow lake was formed. In the steep step towards Tiefenstock, the glacier lost contact with its tongue in the summer of 2017. On the photograph taken in July 2017, a group of prospective glaciologists can be seen on the right (-> comparison of sizes).
The photos from July 2017 and July 2018 show the difference between a winter with little snow (2016/17) and a winter with lots of snow (2017/18). In July 2018, the glacier ice is better protected by the snow than in July 2017 without snow cover.
Flora: In July 2017, we discovered a few glacier ranunculus glacialis (Lat.: Ranunculus glacialis) in the forefield of the glacier. Height: approx. 2500m.above sea level