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Gastineau Channel Sunrise, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2897

Gastineau Channel Sunrise, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2897

In November, December, and January the sun rises directly at the south end of Gastineau Channel in Juneau, Alaska. The morning light rising above the channel is simply gorgeous on a clear morning. Many of you know that I have set a challenge for myself to produce a calendar quality photo of ...
Aurora Borealis, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2896

Aurora Borealis, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2896

The last two winters in Juneau have been very good for shooting the northern lights. Scientists tell us that there is some sort of 13 to 15 year cycle that controls the activity of the aurora borealis and that we are now on the downward swing of this cycle. For this image I pulled into the ...
Bald Eagle, Alaska…Image # 2895

Bald Eagle, Alaska…Image # 2895

Found only in North America, there are more bald eagles in Alaska than the rest of the entire world… some 30,000 individuals. When I have photographed eagles before, the light has always come from above the eagle casting the feather detail under the wing into a dark shadow. This eagle was ...
Fairweather Sunset, Idaho Inlet, Icy Strait, Alaska…Image # 2894

Fairweather Sunset, Idaho Inlet, Icy Strait, Alaska…Image # 2894

This is one of my all-time favorite sunsets. Some look at this photo, and think I just added a black box below the mountain horizon. Actually, the lighting conditions were such that the ocean turned black. Ask any mariner and they will agree that there are times when such a lighting condition ...
Summer Solstice Sunset, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2893

Summer Solstice Sunset, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2893

On summer solstice the sun in Juneau sets around 10 o’clock in the evening and rises around 4 o’clock in the morning, giving us approximately eighteen hours of daylight. If you like to shoot during the photographer’s “golden hours” in Alaska’s summer be prepared to sleep mid-day! On the flip ...
Ice Cave, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2892

Ice Cave, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2892

I have been visiting the ice caves of the Mendenhall Glacier since 2009 when my son, Gabe, who guides for Above and Beyond Alaska, first took me under the ice. This particular ice cave is changing all the time and is slowly disappearing as the glacier retreats and thins. As a matter of fact, ...

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