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Snow Moon, Juneau, Alaska #3364

I never know when a good photo will present itself. This image is the perfect example. It was 6 a.m. and I was still in my pajamas, walking across my living room when I saw this amazing full moon setting through the windows. I knew I did not have much time before the moon would disappear behind the Chilkat Mountains. Luckily, my camera was close to the door. I grabbed it, walked out on to our snow-covered deck and stood barefoot in three inches of new snow photographing this beautiful ...

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, like herring, while blowing bubbles to create a bubble-net. This net of bubbles corrals the fish into a tight group. At the same time the whales vocalize, frightening the fish to flee toward the surface. ...

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 other marine mammals such as seals and sea lions. An average large male orca will be 26 feet long and its dorsal fin can be around 6 feet tall. This image is featured in the 2025 Juneau Alaska ...

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 remote Aleutian Islands. This island later became an underground atomic nuclear test site. In 1965-1971 some 600 sea otters were moved from Amchitka to the outside coast of Southeast Alaska around Cross ...

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 only problem is the trees are growing up and obscuring the view. I wish Juneau could find a way to clear the pullout views. This image is featured in September of my 2025 Juneau Alaska Calendar, ...

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 Anan Creek drainage supports a large bear population: approximately 30 to 60 black bears and up to 20 coastal brown bears. In 2022 I won the National Wildlife Magazine photo contest for best ...

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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...