Upper reaches of a glacial cirque: Glacier Gorge, in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Longs Peak, the highest peak in the national park (14, 256) is the prominent peak in the middle of the photo; Pagoda Mtn (13, 497) is the peak on the right. This cirque is the uppermost part of Glacier Gorge, which is a U-shaped, glacial valley in Rocky Mountain National Park.

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