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Thunder Mountain, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska-Image 2929

One of my most favorite views of the Mendenhall Glacier is from Thunder Mountain. The Mendenhall is about 13 miles long and from the visitor center one can see about 4 to 5 miles up the glacier before it makes a turn to the left and goes out of site. This view gives you the rest of the ...

Nugget Pond, Camp Denali, Denali National Park, Alaska-Image 2928

Fall in Denali National Park usually starts sometime in late August with the peak colors arriving in the first week of September. Usually by mid-September the rich crimson tundra turns to brown. I shot this photo from the dining room steps at Camp Denali. I was there in fall of 2014 leading a ...

Lesser Yellowlegs, Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge, Juneau, Alaska-Image #2927

To be successful in shooting shorebirds, one needs to get down and dirty. I shot this image of a lesser yellowlegs in the tidal pools in the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge. To get the good reflection one has to be as low to the ground as possible. For this shot it meant lying flat on my ...

Killer whales, Herbert Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image #2926

I am known as the photographer that only takes photos on beautiful sunny days and this reputation is somewhat valid. I have so much work to keep my small business running, I chose to do my office work on the rainy days and save the sunny days for shooting. However, more and more I find myself ...

Brown Bear, Pack Creek, Admiralty Island, Alaska-Image #2925

A coastal brown bear lies down in a field of grasses and sedges right in front of the beach viewing spit at Pack Creek on Admiralty Island. Although you almost always see bears at Pack Creek, a good photo can be hard to come by. I always plan on an eight-hour day at the spit and am happy ...

Kayakers, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska-Image #2924

Paddlers in a double kayak cruise by the monolithic ice face of the Mendenhall Glacier. I shot this photo from a high rock wall across from the front of the glacier. When I climbed to my perch for the photo, I was pleasantly surprised by the reflections of the ice walls. I had not expected the ...

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