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Landscapes from my June / July 06 Alaska visit.
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winchester > Intensive gold mining had left this hillside stripped of most vegetation. It was fitting then that we visited it on an icy overcast day. Somehow it&#8217;s still beautiful.
winchester > Sometimes we can go slightly beyond reality in a photograph. What this does reflect accurately is the mood that evening.
winchester > McKinley base camp. We chartered a de Havilland Otter ski plane in order to get this series.
winchester > High up in the Alaskan Range near Mount McKinley lies this perpetually frozen bowl of snow and ice. It is an amazing feeling to actually see this in person - something a photograph can't replicate.
winchester > Alaska 2006 photo
winchester > Alaska 2006 photo
winchester > Alaska 2006 photo
winchester > Stretching out in front of this photo is a huge panorama, many square miles. A year ago this was green &#8211; covered in wildflowers, low shrubs and scattered trees. Today this whole area is black, consumed by forest fire. An acrid stench hangs in the cold air &#8211; this is too high to enjoy much summer warmth. Even burned, I think it strangely beautiful.
winchester > During the evening, ponds in Alaska take on an unreal feeling of stillness. Dusk in the far north brings calm, such total tranquility. Lakes assume a full mirror surface. It must be experienced. My photos can do this no justice. In fact, it is almost humbling trying to capture a scene like this!
winchester > We pulled in for the night after a long day of boating on the Yukon. After cleaning everything out of the boat, I turned around to this vista. What saddens me is even at this point a photo can do so little to capture the colors, lighting and splendor of the natural world. The buildings on the left make up the town of Eagle, Alaska.
winchester > A break in the clouds allowed the sun to punch up Eagle Bluff quite nicely. We were blasting down the Yukon at 30mph so this is the best I could do.
winchester > The De Havilland Otter we chartered was a beautiful machine. Every piece of hardware was freshly painted or polished. It&#8217;s hard to believe the aircraft was manufactured in 1954!
winchester > Here is the &#8220;road&#8221; which we took to access Hatcher&#8217;s Pass. To my eye this is one of the most striking locations in all of North America.
winchester > Cruising at 12k feet within spitting distance of these huge mountains is both enlivening and humbling. It forces one to realize that our aircraft and its passengers are a mere fly to this massive mountain range!
winchester > The pass clouded in by the time we were able to hike any distance. It&#8217;s a good photographic challenge to deal with clouds so I didn&#8217;t mind that much. In the foreground of this shot one can see the staining effects of the various rock deposits. I&#8217;m thinking the red is ferric oxide (rust).
McKinley base camp. We chartered a de Havilland Otter ski plane in order to get this series.
winchester > McKinley base camp. We chartered a de Havilland Otter ski plane in order to get this series.
McKinley base camp. We chartered a de Havilland Otter ski plane in order to get this series.
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