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Anchorage, Alaska, USA - July 2011. From the train to Denali, fog is lifting from the lake nestled in the mountains with their glaciers, 2 of the 100,000 in the state. Enjoy!
Talkeetna, Alaska, USA. On the train from Whittier to Denali National Park, Denali slowly revealed itself as clouds cleared away. Visible here is the shorter north peak, with the taller south peak still blocked by clouds. Enjoy!
Vancouver, BC, Canada. In one of the many Stanley Park Gardens, these Blue Thistle were striking. Happy Foofy Friday! Enjoy!
Denali, Alaska, USA. While riding the train from Whittier to Denali, the views were spectacular. The train has dome cars with tall windows that curve up to the center of the train to provide an unobstructed view. Enjoy!
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. While the growing season is short in Alaska, the long hours of sunlight are favorable to flowers. The begonia blooms were the size of a human hand. Enjoy this Friday Foofy!
College Fjord, Alaska, USA. The second largest glacier in the Prince WIlliam Sound region, Harvard Glacier is 2 km-wide, has a greater than 300 foot tall face, and a length exceeding twelve miles into forbidding-looking mountains shrouded in clouds produced by the massive ice fields. To the left is the Smith Glacier. This is four-photo stitch pano. Enjoy the view!
College Fjord, Alaska, USA. The terminus of College Fjord is ringed with glaciers, each named for eastern US colleges by the explorers. (Many of the names were Ivy League colleges, though the explorers gleefully left Princeton out of the naming.) On the left are Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Smith, Radcliffe, and Harvard Glaciers, up the 'small' channel on the right is the Yale Glacier, not visible in this photo. The ice fields that feed the glaciers are massive, situated among mountains as tall as 15,000 feet. The masses of ice produce an abundance of clouds and breezes flow off the mountains to the fjord. The Harvard Glacier is 1.5 miles wide, 18 miles long, and over 200 feet high at the face. (EXIF: 70mm, 1/1250 sec, f/8.0, ISO 200) Enjoy!
College Fjord, Alaska, USA. A number of small glaciers are visible in the distant mountains. Some have created their own clouds. The Crescent, Amherst and WIlliams Glaciers are named, the others are not. These are hanging glaciers, meaning that they are not connected to a body of water. This image was cropped for better balance, but sized for DT. (EXIF: 75mm, f/5, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200, -1.3 Exposure Bias) Enjoy!
College Fjord, Alaska, USA. Enroute to the end of the fjord, that is ringed by many glaciers, there were spectacular views. Enjoy!
Cromwell, Connecticut, USA. Like the protective older sister or brother, this black-eyed susan appears to be sheltering the sibling. Happy Foofy Friday - Enjoy!
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. A pano (five shots) across the tundra to a portion of the Alaskan Range. (The gravel road on the right is accessible by permit only. It is ninety miles long; if traveling to its terminus, the only way out is to drive ninety miles back. There is no loop, as the intent is to maintain this as a natural wildlife preserve, and the logistics of making and maintaining a loop through the myriad of mountains would be a significant challenge). The curve of the valley is not lens aberration. The shadow in the lower left is of the large mountain that rose on that side of the valley. The road on the right was cut into the base of another imposing mountain on that side. The grey mountains ahead are merely 8000 feet high, dwarfed by The High One behind. (Alaska has 17 of the highest 20 mountains in North America. There are so many peaks, that most mountains are unnamed.) Enjoy!
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. From a vantage thirty miles away, the largest mountain in North America dominates the vista on this rare clear day. For perspective of this giant of a mountain: the distance between the south peak (left), the tallest, and the north peak (right) is 2 miles; thus, there is a six mile span of the mountain in this close up view, with more than that not seen leading to the base on each side. Enjoy! EXIF: 200 mm, f/16, 1/640 sec, ISO 200, Av mode; monopod for stability.
Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA - Acadia National Park. I've reworked this image, one I posted last summer, adding some punch to it. Critique welcomed. Enjoy!
Burlington, Connecticut, USA (Farmington River). I returned to a favorite spot today, as cold, rainy weather is predicted and the leaves may be gone in a few days. I took shots at this location last year, but wanted some with the new camera. Enjoy! Critique welcomed.
Cromwell, Connecticut, USA. Watering gardens this afternoon, I found a new friend among some of the black-eyed susans. He appears to be ready to play the piano, turning to me asking for requests. Actually, he was quite fascinated with my photographing him with a macro lens. Enjoy!
Cromwell, Connecticut, USA. From the garden, the last hour of daylight shone on these echinacea. Enjoy!