What we see here is a partially collapsed ice tunnel, an impressive structure carved by meltwater as it makes its way through the glacier. A year earlier, this was still a seemingly stable cave rather than a tunnel. The arched ceiling once stretched unbroken, but during the melting process the roof split in two, creating two separate sections.
The blue ice, intensely colored due to its extreme density and age, glows under the soft light now entering from above. The ever widening opening reveals not only the beauty of this natural tunnel, but also its impermanence.
