Moon over Mountains

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Moon rising over the mountains of the Chugach National Forest, Seward, Alaska.

A near full Moon rising over the mountains of the Chugach National Forest, Seward, Alaska.

This was from Wednesday afternoon.  I have thousands of variations of this scene, but I just can’t help myself.  It is funny, but when you see these amazing mountains day after day, they lose a bit of there impressiveness – I begin to take them for granted just a little bit.  I must say, after spending 6 weeks in the desert, I’m now reminded of just how beautiful these jagged peaks with a fresh coating of snow really look – they are stunning!

Summit Lake

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Summit Lake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

Summit Lake, Chugach National Forest, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

Just about every road through a mountain pass in Alaska passes by a lake with the name Summit Lake – the Seward Highway is no exception.  I must say, I have yet to see an ugly Summit Lake!

This was yesterday afternoon – water seeping through cracks in the ice melted some of the fresh snow and created what I thought were interesting patterns on the lake surface.

Wild Wolf in Denali

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A member of the Grant Creek Pack, Denali National Park, Alaska.

A member of the Grant Creek Pack, Denali National Park, Alaska.

This is another new image from this summer – I was really fortunate to at least see if not photograph wolves almost everyday I was in Denali this past summer.  I love watching wolves – even if they are hunting way off in the distance beyond photo range, they are still fascinating to watch.

Denali Light

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Mountain light, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Mountain light, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Can you see the Dall Sheep in this image?

Janine has pushed hard to get some of our new images from earlier this summer on the website and has updated our section of Denali National Park photos with new pictures from our two trips up there this past summer.

Bear Glacier

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Bear Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.

Bear Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.

Flying into the lagoon where we went kayaking last month.  Bear Glacier isn’t a tide water glacier – the strip of land you see in the distance separates the lagoon from the ocean.  I’m looking forward to spending a couple nights here next summer!

Sailing in Seward

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Sailing under the full moon, Seward, Alaska.

Sailing under the full moon, Seward, Alaska.

I think some of the details are lost in the small size of of this photo.  From my angle, it appeared that the sea otter was kicking back and basking in the moon light, as it listened to the guy on the sail boat play guitar on a beautiful evening.  This was during the full moon this past August 23, at the beginning of what has become an incredible stretch of weather!

Cascade Chaos

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Denali, Photos, Shameless Self Promotion, Travel 7 Comments

Cascade Chaos by William Slusher.

Cascade Chaos by William Slusher.

Since this book arrived in the mail yesterday, I thought it was the perfect time to throw in a little shameless shelf promotion.  🙂  This is the original photo of the grizzly bear from Denali, as you might guess, in the original, the bear isn’t carrying a red rose – the was added by the publisher with our permission.  I haven’t had a chance to read the book, but it is a fictional story about the restoration of grizzlies into Central Washington.  Thanks for the nice signed copy of the book William!

Killer Whales

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A pair of killer whales, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.

A pair of killer whales, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.

I can be difficult to catch these guys as the break the surface and “blow”, but that task was made much easier here thanks to the nice clear water – we could actually see them underwater getting ready to surface!  This was from my trip into Kenai Fjords National Park a couple of weeks ago.  Some people might be surprised to learn that killer whales are actually a member of the dolphin family.