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Humpback Whales, Juneau, Alaska #3362

Humpback Whales, Juneau, Alaska #3362

Humpback whales bubble-net feed along the shores of Favorite Channel in Juneau, Alaska. Bubble-net feeding is mostly associated with humpback whales feeding in the waters of Southeast Alaska. During this cooperative feeding behavior humpbacks locate and encircle schools of small bait fish, ...
Orca, Inside Passage, Alaska #3361

Orca, Inside Passage, Alaska #3361

A large male orca, accompanied by its killer whale pod, lunges out of the water in celebration of a successful hunt of a sea lion. Orcas, or killer whales, are marine mammals. There are two groupings of killer whales in Southeast Alaska. Resident pods only eat fish, and transient pods only eat ...
Sea Otters, Icy Strait, Alaska #3360

Sea Otters, Icy Strait, Alaska #3360

Two adult sea otters rest in a kelp bed in Icy Strait. By the time the United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 sea otter populations in Alaska had been hunted almost to extinction by the Russians. One of the last remaining colonies of sea otters survived on Amchitka Island in the ...
God Light, Juneau, Alaska #3359

God Light, Juneau, Alaska #3359

“God Light” spills through the clouds over the Chilkat Range and Cohen Island. This image was taken from the pullout at Tee Harbor along the Juneau road system. The other good roadside pullouts just north of The Shrine of St Therese are my go-to spots when the light is getting God-like. The ...
Black Bear, Anan Creek, Wrangell, Alaska  #3358

Black Bear, Anan Creek, Wrangell, Alaska #3358

I have made 13 pilgrimages to photograph the bears at Anan Creek, which is about an hour-long boat ride from Wrangell, Alaska. My visits have ranged from a single afternoon to three- to four-day overnight stays while renting the Anan Creek cabin located about a mile-from the viewing deck. The ...
Shrine of St Therese, Juneau, AK #3357

Shrine of St Therese, Juneau, AK #3357

I was shooting this stunning sunset from the shore at the Shrine of St Therese without anyone in sight until this isolated soul appeared out of nowhere and stood there for maybe ten minutes. I could not belief my good luck. I am guessing I was over a quarter of mile away. The person gives the ...
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“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…