Autumn in Denali National Park
Mountains south of the Park Road in Denali National Park and Preserve. "Rivers" of yellow wind through the red foliage and "lakes" of green spruce dot the hillsides. I have yet to find a place that I would prefer to be in autumn, even though the season here is incredibly short. The splendid colors only hang around for about a week before the deciduous leaves fall, followed shortly by the snow.
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From 2012-09-02
New stream
On the Black Rapids Glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range. Eventually the slushy blue streaks in the snow from a few days before this gave way to water channels in the ice beneath the surface. Sometimes they find old channels from previous years, sometimes they don't. In the summer of 2014 we spent two weeks camped on the glacier and had to cross many of these streams. It was still early in the melt season which meant that there weren't any moulins yet to drain the water for the surface. This meant that to get across the glacier we had to jump over many of these streams, a handful of which were quite wide. My knees would often be swollen and sore at the end of the day. I was always more comfortable jumping to my dominant, right leg, but when I didn't mix it up I paid for it later. I started jumping all the small streams to my left leg, and only to my right if there were consequences for missing a jump.
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From 2014-06-15
Ballaine Reflection After Sunset
Silhouetted boreal forest and reflection at Ballaine Lake - Fairbanks, Alaska
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From 2014-08-21
Planetary Twilight
Jupiter and Venus shining bright after sunset as twilight takes over on a cold, cold night on Murphy Dome. The "blue hour" lasts a very long time in the interior of Alaska for most of the fall, winter, and spring.
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From 2012-03-10
Ice-covered
A lot of snow falls up here covering the mountains of the Trinity Basin of the Alaska Range in ice. This is part of the small remaining accumulation area of the Black Rapids Glacier. I'm amazed at how such a conglomeration of ice and snow can take the appearance of simply being draped over the mountains. Best in panorama sizes 1:2
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From 2012-08-29
Looking toward Wickersham Dome
White Mountains of Alaska
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From 2019-01-18
Denali
Gorgeous red landscapes over the Thorofare River and yellow vegetation-covered Muldrow Glacier. And of course Denali, the tallest Mountain in North America at 20,310' above sea level.
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From 2018-09-07
Waterfalls into the Sound
Here are more waterfalls into Prince William Sound near Valdez.
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From 2011-08-02
Night Sky over the Chena
The night sky over the North Fork of the Chena River along the Angel Rocks Trail. Chena River State Recreation Area - Alaska
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From 2019-03-24
Spruce Ballroom
Snow-clad spruce trees at sunrise. Sunrises have to be one of my favorite things about Fairbanks, next to the aurora, and the mountain range to our south. Our sparse boreal forests give nice open views of the sky too. I love seeing those subtle arctic blues behind the brilliant colors. Almost every morning in the winter is wonderful!
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From 2015-01-18
Thorofare River and Denali
Looking over the confluence of the Thorofare and McKinley River at Denali. Some interesting geological features in a valley on my hike down from the Thorofare Ridge back to the Park Road.
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From 2018-09-07
August - Mt. Shand
The south face of Mt. Shand (12,660 feet, 3859 meters) in the Alaska Range. That's about a mile of vertical, exposed rock.
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From 2012-08-29
Beaver Pond
Along the lower portion of the Granite Tors trail. Fall colors were just starting to set in.
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From 2018-09-04
Polychrome View
The shuttle buses in Denali National Park stop constantly for wildlife, this is one of the few stops that is made purely for the view. Braded rivers, kettle ponds, and glacial erratics dot the valley. This was one of the only days I've been there that the glaciers were visible.
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From 2015-07-24
Alpenglow
Alpenglow disappears slowly on a peak in the Alaska Range. Incredible pastels filled the sky and glance a few of the higher ridges and peaks during the "blue hour".
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From 2013-04-27
Snowless on the Summit
Wickersham Dome in the White Mountains of Alaska is so windblown that the top is nearly bare of snow right now. We also haven't had much snow this year, so I'm sure that's a contributing factor.
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From 2019-01-18
Color on the Alaska Range
Pastel Colors over the Alaska Range, near Donnelly Dome along the Richardson Highway.
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From 2015-05-30
Thorofare Views
The view while descending the Thorofare Ridge on the way back to the Park Road in Denali National Park.
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From 2018-09-07
Icy Savage River
Looking over the Savage River at Double Mountain
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From 2019-03-08
Potholes and Tors
A few water-filled potholes dot the top of this ridge at Granite Tors.
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From 2018-09-04
Sunrise over the Tanana
Along the Richardson Highway north of Delta Junction. We were on our way from Fairbanks to the Delta Mountains - Eastern Alaska Range.
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From 2015-02-04
Denali National Park Landscape
Winter view from the Alpine Trail in Denali National Park.
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From 2019-02-22
Mt. Hayes
Morning light on Mt. Hayes - looking over the mostly frozen Tanana River.
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From 2015-02-04
Black Cap and White Princess
Black Cap and White Princess from the Castner Creek.
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From 2015-02-04
Exit Glacier Landscape
Along the Harding Icefield Trail in Kenai Fjords National Park
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From 2016-07-24
Gorgeous Color
Fall colors on the tundra landscape north of the Polychrome Overlook in Denali National Park.
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From 2018-09-06
Northwestern Glacier Landing Beach
Glacier stream enters the Northwestern Fjord. Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
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From 2016-07-25
Savage Valley
The Savage River, glacial moraines, and Double Mountain
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From 2018-09-01
Through the channel
Remnants of an ice cave on the Castner Glacier. Now it's just a giant arch.
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From 2015-02-04
Evening Light and Fall Colors
Denali National Park
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From 2018-09-07
Silent Taiga
Snow-covered spruce on the UAF trails near Ballaine Lake.
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From 2018-01-01
Granite Tors
Chena River State Recreation Area
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From 2019-03-15
Colorful Valley
Ground foliage erupting in fall colors
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From 2018-09-07
Wildflower Stream
We stumbled on this really beautiful stream up above the Canwell Glacier in the Alaska Range. It's too bad that it turned out to not get us where we wanted to go, but it was a nice distraction.
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Thoro Landscape
Denali appearing over the Muldrow Glacier
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From 2018-09-07
Tors Trail Landscapes
Snow-covered stream along the Granite Tors trail.
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From 2019-03-15
