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Sunset, Out the road, Juneau, Alaska #3356

Sunset, Out the road, Juneau, Alaska #3356

I am a sucker for sunsets. I always shoot them, yet most fizzle out. But, when the light is going bonkers, I go into a full-throttle rush chasing the light hoping to catch the peak moment with the right background. I got this one overlooking Lynn Canal and the Chilkat Range from the Juneau ...
Bald Eagle, Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska #3355

Bald Eagle, Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska #3355

Under the watchful eye of its mate, a bald eagle carries a talon full of grasses to fluff up its nest in preparation for egg laying, which usually happens in late April through May in Southeast Alaska. This image illustrates the month of April in the 2024 Juneau Calendar . Purchase your ...
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3354

Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3354

I took this photo in May just after the winter ice disappeared from Mendenhall Lake. Right after break-up, the water level in the lake is usually very low. The glacier’s ice is coming out of a deep winter freeze and just beginning to thaw starting the process of refilling the lake. The low ...
Humpback Whales, Alaska #3353

Humpback Whales, Alaska #3353

Humpback whales are for the most part rather solitary mammals except for when they are bubble-net feeding. I have counted as many as fifteen humpbacks participating in a bubble-net feeding event. It amazes me how these school-bus-sized mammals organize themselves underwater and are able to ...
Humpback Whales, Alaska #3352

Humpback Whales, Alaska #3352

The best place in the world to see humpback whales bubble-net feeding is in the summer waters of Alaska’s Inside Passage. Bubble-net feeding is a cooperative humpback whale behavior. Humpback whales work together to locate and encircle a school of small fish, then blow a net of bubbles around ...
Mendenhall Glacier in Winter , Juneau, Alaska #3351

Mendenhall Glacier in Winter , Juneau, Alaska #3351

As seen from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, the glacier face can seem small and insignificant. But when Mendenhall Lake freezes, I love the two-mile walk from the visitor center to the front of the glacier. Once I get up close and personal the glacier face is huge. I am reminded just ...

“As a kid in Buffalo, New York, I always wondered what it would be like to encounter a whale,” says Mark Kelley. Learn more about Mark…