Size and Scale
Here's a good picture to illustrate the relative sizes of the things. The tent in the foreground is still much closer than the glaciers, yet is still dwarfed by them.
This image is from the presentation "Northwest Washington and The Cascades - Mount Baker Climb via Coleman-Deming Route".

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