I love images that tell a story. Alaska’s glaciers grind down mountains and dump their mineral loads into the ocean. These minerals hang in suspension and become part of the basic building blocks for phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are eaten by krill, and krill in turn get eaten by small schooling fish like herring. Each year humpback whales, with their 50-foot 35-ton bodies, return to Alaska waters to eat krill and herring. And such is the cycle of life, how cool is that? This photo illustrates the month of August in the 2018 Juneau Calendar. Thank you for visiting. Enjoy – Camera: Nikon D800, Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm, Digital Capture, hand held ©Mark Kelley
Humpback Whales, Herbert Glacier, Juneau, Alaska #3032
“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…