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Klondike Highway, North of Skagway, Alaska  – Image 2743

Klondike Highway, North of Skagway, Alaska – Image 2743

Southeast Alaska is not known for great fall colors. It mostly rains, more like pours September thru October. Every once in a while, we might get an exceptional years and get treated to some good colors. But, if a southeastern just scoots over the border into Canada through Haines or ...
Photo Point, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska  – Image 2742

Photo Point, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska – Image 2742

The cruise ship season officially ended September 24 with the last ship, Century, leaving town at 8:30pm. The counterpoint to last week's photo is this photo of the lone person checking out the glacier from photo point. Even on the most busy days there are times during the day that the ...
Photo Point, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska.  – Image 2741

Photo Point, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska. – Image 2741

The Mendenhall Glacier on a multi-cruise ship day is a very busy place. Somewhere between 40 to 50% of all cruise ship passengers coming to Alaska go to the Mendenhall Glacier making the glacier the most visited natural wonder in Alaska. Photo point is the place most visitors go to view the ...
Hammer Slough, Petersburg, Alaska  – Image 2740

Hammer Slough, Petersburg, Alaska – Image 2740

Hammer Slough in Petersburg is the quintesstial Southeast Alaska waterfront. At low tide the slough goes dry, and at high tide the historic stilted buildings create a mirror reflection in the water as it creeps up and fills the slough. I had waited all day and into the early evening to shoot ...
Paddle Board, Lena Beach, Juneau, Alaska  – Image 2739

Paddle Board, Lena Beach, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2739

I was watching the late afternoon cloud pattern and thought it might make for a good sunset. I called my friends, Steve and Jan, and asked if I could cut down through their property and wait on the beach to see if anything would come of the evening light. Waiting about half an hour, the ...
Totem Bight, Ketchikan, Alaska  – Image 2738

Totem Bight, Ketchikan, Alaska – Image 2738

My favorite spot in Alaska to photograph Southeast Alaska native totems is Totem Bight State Historical Park located about 10 miles outside the town of Ketchikan. It is the only Alaska State Park dedicated solely to Alaska's native heritage. In 1938, the US Forest Service tasked the Civilian ...

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