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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 North Douglas boat ramp to find the parking lot full with cars, and a whole family lying in sleeping bags on lawn chairs watching the aurora. I arrived just as the setting moon (left-hand side) ...

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 flying low on a bright snowy-winter day. The snow reflected the light onto the underside of its wings showing the feathery detail. Even better yet, I photographed the bird with my Nikon D800 that produces ...

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 happens. As great as the lighting is over the Fairweathers in Glacier Bay National Park, it is the little birds that add an additional perspective of scale and size that gives this image a visual ...

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 side, on Juneau’s winter solstice, the sun rises around 9 o’clock and sets around 3 o’clock in the afternoon, giving us six hours of daylight. The great thing about these short winter days is that the ...

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, this summer (2014) much of the front section of the cave collapsed. So, here is Gabe checking out the ice bubbles and ice pillows, or ice lenses, on the underside of the Mendenhall Glacier. ...

South Sawyer Glacier, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Alaska…Image # 2891

If someone just had one day to visit Alaska, I would send them to Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness. My other hot spot would be the north end of Wonder Lake in Denali National Park. If the weather cooperates, the view of Denali in the Alaska Range is to die for. But, if it’s cloudy it is just another beautiful lake without a view. On the other hand, Tracy Arm will always be amazing, rain or shine. No matter the weather, you will still see glaciers, (most likely actively calving), icebergs ...

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