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Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska  – Image 2841

Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2841

The Mendenhall Glacier is a retreating glacier. The glacier has been in retreat since the mid-1700s and in the last 250 plus years has retreated about two and a half miles from its terminal moraine. As seen in these two mirror images, the glacier has retreated over 5,380 feet (more than a ...
Brown Bear, Pack Creek, Admiralty, Juneau, Alaska   – Image 2840

Brown Bear, Pack Creek, Admiralty, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2840

A brown bear at Pack Creek on Admiralty Island walks through a field of flowering yarrow. The best time to visit the bears at Pack Creek is the last week of July through mid-August. There are always bears in the area, but they gather en masse around the creek when the salmon starting running. ...
Dike Trail, Juneau, Alaska  – Image 2839

Dike Trail, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2839

Theres is a saying in Alaska,"when the fireweed blooms top out and the white downy seeds take flight…summer is over." Juneau area and Southeast Alaska in general had the best summer anyone can remember. But, the rains returned this weekend and the fireweed has topped out. It is now time to ...
Downtown Tenakee Springs, Alaska  – Image 2838

Downtown Tenakee Springs, Alaska – Image 2838

Photographers including myself are not always the best editor of their images. A good rule of thumb in photo editing ones work is to get a second opinion. Michael Dinneen at Alaska Magazine in Anchorage is a wonderful shooter and really good photo editor. He is transforming the look of Alaska ...
Background Image for Perseverance Theatre Poster   – Image 2837

Background Image for Perseverance Theatre Poster – Image 2837

I am back and apologize for not keeping up with the weekly image. I got so busy traveling while shooting two state contracts that I was gone most of the summer. This image of the Fairweather Mountains in Glacier Bay National Park was taken from my good friends' front deck(Paul Johnson and Tami ...
Joni Mitchell – Pave Paradise, Put Up A Parking Lot   – Image 2836

Joni Mitchell – Pave Paradise, Put Up A Parking Lot – Image 2836

I took this photo on Tuesday, 7-23-2013. This field of fireweed islocated on Egan Expressway next to Temsco Helicopters across the highwayfrom Fred Meyers. The view of this area is one of Juneau's most stunningvistas. It is loved by all, the fireweed in the summer and the christmastree in the ...

“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…