Gawking at Glaciers in Wild Alaska

Small chunks of ice landed in the water with a splash as we sat on the rocks and watched. I posed in front of the edge of the glacier. Behind me I heard a loud creaking sound in slow motion just after the shutter snapped. I turned around and a massive wall of ice separated from the rest and plunged into the water. "Run!" someone shouted. We scrambled over rocks to higher ground as a wave rose up and crashed with great force, hitting the shore right in the spot where I was just standing.