Adam Elliott Photography Portfolio - Photojournalist and Photographer

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Fault Rupture

A large block of rock strata sinks into the Virgin River Gorge

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Braided Fruit

Hanging flowers look like braided hair or a red spine

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Kanarraville Creek

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Sunset on Sleeping Lady

The light fades for Sleeping Lady Mountain (Mt. Susitna) on a cold winter day in Anchorage Alaska.

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White and Brown Crotchety Bird

Unfortunately i no longer remember the name of this bird. Comment if you do!

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Forest in the Garden

Lush forest in a tropical garden by the sea.

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Three Dall Sheep

Dall Sheep can often be spotted on the cliffs around Turnagain Arm, Alaska

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Sheridan Reflections 1

Walking among the melt pools on the Sheridan Glaciers feels like walking along the edge of the world.

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Bridge Room

A hiker looks at Native American Ruins set in an idyllic landscape well chosen by it's ancient inhabitants. The "room" in this picture is a natural bridge that has the unusual feature of bending 90 degrees and ending at a waterfall.

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Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden

Outside Hilo is an amazing botanical garden.

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Icelandic Alaska

Iceland and Alaska look very similar in certain places.

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Las Rocas Sunset

Another nice sunset on Palenque.

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SUV Product Shoot 3

Wheel detail. An example of a product shoot for automobiles

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The Green Way

A forest path in a lush botanical garden.

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Yellow Tangs

Yellow Tangs are a common but beautiful fish in tropical waters.

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Collision Course

At this point i thought he was going to bump into me. I think he saw his reflection.

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Lower Kanarraville Falls

The first falls in Kanarraville Canyon has been altered numerous times over the years. Now there are metal plates screwed onto the log while two ropes are anchored into both walls.

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Resting Rivals

Spawned out Salmon rest as their bodies literally fall apart in a cold Alaskan stream.

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Seat Turtle 2

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Mongolia (Alaska)

Walking across miles of incredible tundra really makes me want a horse!

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Camera Product Shoot 1

An example of a product shoot for electronics

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Ape

An Ape looks at it's onlookers, as they often do in zoos.

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Heavy Vehicle

At Usibelli Coal mine huge dump trucks transport tons of coal to the mill. For AK Journal of Commerce

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Sea Turtle

This sea turtle swam right up to me. Later i wondered if it had seen it's reflection in my lense and was looking for a fight. There were other turtles in the area and they seemed to frequently get into skirmishes.

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Skagway Harbor

Tourists wait in anticipation for the ferry to dock in Skagway, Alaska

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Sheridan Reflections 2

Bright rusty stones poke through a reflecting pool of seemingly shallow but cloudy water.

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The Altair

Somewhere in Homer is a boat graveyard

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Water and Ice

Two waterfalls cascade from high up on Mt. Muir, to the Surprise Glacier below. The Glacier pours into Harriman Fjord, a part of Prince William Sound.

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Looking Back

Due to a miscommunication during my talk with the backpackers i had aimed for the wrong notch. We came in at the low saddle along the ridge towards the right. The ridge climb wore me out so i wasn't happy about having to climb over three more knobs or rock. We did finally come back to the trail and i could see that it does indeed exist and goes down into the valley. As i thought, it goes down much too steeply and much too early.

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Snow Canyon Stream

When there is a good rain in Snow Canyon frequent visitors discover streams they never knew about.

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Speaker Product Shot

Product shoot of a high end speaker

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Choir Detail

Many elements make up the mood of the Choir area of the Cathedral.

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Yellow Tang 2

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Gulf of Chiriqui

This was a fantastic tiny helicopter that we used to get to theFlying over an island off the West Coast of Panama to a worksite that eventually became the resort Isla Palenque.

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Sheridan Glacier

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Chihuly Glass Tower

Reflections of a glass sculpture by the artist Dale Chihuly.

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Common Murre

A Common Murre in flight is, uh, quite common.

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Ice Valleys 1

High up in the ice plateaus of the Wrangles is a vast network of valleys filled with ice, all merging together in this region to become the mighty Nabesna Glacier, the longest non polar valley glacier on Earth.

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Peek at Denali

The clouds part briefly offering a peak the the higher slopes and granite walls.

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SUV Product Shoot

An example of a product shoot for automobiles. This angle leaves plenty of low detail space for text overlays.

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Top of the World

High rolling hills near the White Mountains are characteristic of the Top of the World Highway at the most northern border crossing between the United States and Canada. I arrived 20 minutes too late, due to the sights and roughness of the dirt road, and had to spend the night next to the border. This pictures was taken on a color slide in the early 2000's.

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Tokositna Glacier

The impressive upper reaches of the Tokositna Glacier are a textbook study of lateral and medial moraines.

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Slate Garden

A rugged walk along the coastline of Passage Canal offers amazing variety of lush plants, clear water and sliced rocks. And Bears.

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Black Rapids Braided Flower Fields

Fisher wants to go to the Delta Mountains or whatever they're called way over there across the Black Rapids River.

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Cloud Forest of Panama

Fortunately i was able to enjoy it on a sunny day.

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Snow Cave

It was hard to tell if this was a glacial remnant or a semi permanent snow field.

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Portraits

Instead of uploading hundreds of portraits to my portfolio here are a dozen together. For several years i photographed the candidates of a special publication by the Journal of Commerce called The Top 40 Under 40. The publication recognized successful business people under the age of 40 who were also involved in noteworthy charity work.

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Atwood Hall 2

The main concert hall for the Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts. Seats 2,000

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Claws of the Spirits

The Inuit told their children that if they jumped to high the Aurora would reach down and chop their heads off.

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Boquete Forest

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Denali Bull Moose

A magnificent moose plods through thick fall brush on a September morning in Denali National Park. The Moose of the park are the largest Deer in the world, and this is a large Denali Moose.

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Usibelli Coal Mine

A worker inspects the conveyor before the coal is loaded onto trains. For the Journal of Commerce.

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Salt Palace Convention Center

The downtown convention center, not to be confused with the original Salt Palace many miles to the West.

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Snowy Junipers Above Dry Canyons

A freak April snowstorm dumped about 6 inches of snow on the Islands in the Sky District while the White Terrace remained dry.

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Upper Kanarraville Falls

The upper falls has only one rope and requires climbing up a slippery log with a few awkward hand grips. You could get hurt so it's a good turning around point. Also, this point is past most of the narrows.

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Arctic Brotherhood Building

The local chapter of the Brotherhood first met here in August 1899. (Step across the street, and you'll notice the letters "A.B." and the "1899" above the door, and "Camp Skagway No. 1" on the overhang. The organization's symbol, a gold pan and nuggets, is up near the roof line. The facade, which dates from 1900, has been called a prime example of Victorian Rustic Architecture. Charley Walker and his fellow lodge members collected over 8,800 driftwood sticks on the shores of Skagway Bay and nailed them to the front wall.

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Ruth Glacier

Flying across the lower reaches of the Ruth Glacier. I could have had a great time if they could have dropped me off here for some exploration.

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Ruth Tributary

This steep mountain valley makes up part of the "headwaters" of the Ruth Glacier.

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The smog around San Diego can make some nice effects near sunset.

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Cave Valley Hoodoo

Another notable Hoodoo in Cave Valley. Since this picture was taken it's possible this land was part of a parcel sold to a private individual, and no longer belongs to the public.

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Stone Basin

A huge stone basin full of mesmerising cross bedding and virtually free of vegetation.

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Icy Black Hole

Icicles reach down into a semi-permanent hole in the water surface.

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The Harding Icefields

The Harding Icefields are one of the most amazing places i've ever been. It's a relentless gruelling hike to get up there but when you finally come over the last hill and see that vista, you feel like have walked right into Antarctica or Greenland. This image is not even the main icefields but a small area where the Exit Glacier begins it's decent. To the right, the icefields continue for 40 miles.

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Wild Jungle Beach

An unvisited beach on a tropical island in the Chiriqui Archipelago.

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LIttle Finland

Also called Red Springs because there is a real oasis nearby, the crazy rock formations are so high in detail they are reminiscent of the coastline of Finland.

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La Verkin Valley

Storms pass down in front of Pine Mountain.

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Lone Wolf

A lone wolf travels across the limitless wilderness of Denali National Park. Although i have had numerous close encounters with wolves, i never had a camera a the time and i've always liked this solitary figure. He was stationary for a time.

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Black and Orange Mountain

Wrangle St. Elias National Park is part of the largest protected wilderness area in North America.

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Cadet Chapel Ceiling 2

To me the patterns of stained glass and rows of lights are reminiscent of runway approach lights.

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The River More Ancient than Epochs

Another one of my favorite views, of all the places i've been. The Green River, far older than the Colorado or any of these Canyons, meanders through a perfect set of curves in a vast desolate landscape called Canyonlands. Beyond the canyons the Henry Mountains remind me of where i spent so many afternoons escaping the heat of the desert and exploring old mines.

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Great Room Seating

An example of the interior of the main lodge at Palenque.

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Deep Winter Sunset

An a dark day in the dead of winter the sun sets between layers of clouds above Anchorage, Alaska.

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Mt. Wake

Base camp wasn't very pleasant so we headed east. This is the back, or west side of what i think is called Mt. Wake in the center.

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Desolate Arctic Valley

The Dalton Highway zigzags down through the northern side of the Brooks Range. There are no trees from here to the ocean.

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Northwestern Waterall 2

A vertically oriented image of the waterfall pouring out of the Northwestern Glacier.

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Ambulatory of St. John

A shadowy walkway behind the Choir

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A Different Kind of Rainbow

A really nice display shifting from green to violet.

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The Yellow Mountains of Elias

Untouched streams flow through rarely visited canyons in the wilderness of Wrangle St. Elias.

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Spawn Until You Die

I was lucky to actually capture the moment a wild salmon spawned. It is the cloud behind the foreground fish.

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Circular Entrance

The entrance to the "snow" cave (it was actually ice) had a circular shape

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Jabba The Hut

Jimmy admires the view next to a rock formation i like to call Jabba the Hut.

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Double Reflection Rainbow

A rare event. The centres of reflection bows are at the same altitude as the sun - the anthelic point. This is the same distance above the horizon as the centres of normal bows are below it at the antisolar point. The normal bow and its corresponding reflection bow intersect at the horizon. Reflection bows are usually brightest when the sun is low because then its light is reflected most strongly from water surfaces. The normal and reflection bows draw closer together as the sun gets lower. The source of the reflected light is usually water behind you, i.e. sunwards. It can be in front of you but then only the base of the reflected bow will be seen.

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The Phoenix of St. John the Divine

A 100 foot long Phoenix by artist Xu Bing hangs in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

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Autumn Ram

A very nice looking Dall Sheep basks in the morning sun after a frosty September night in Denali National Park.

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Granite Fins

Giant fins of granite on the side of Mt. Bradley.

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The Virginis

The Virginis. Boat graveyards are really cool but i didn't know if you were allowed to wander around or if this was like finding someones property covered in junk cars.

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Palenque Beach

An unvisited beach on a tropical island in the Chiriqui Archipelago.

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Conveyor of Mountains

These dark stripes, the lateral moraines are rubble stripped from the mountains. The rubble is thick, on the surface several dump trucks of thickness, and they usually continue well below the surface. They stretch all the way down the glacier, 35 miles from this point. All of that rock has been removed from the mountains. It's a detailed logbook of erosion. It's all right there, neatly organized, easily measured, and it's a huge sum.

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Storm Over Eagle Lake

The clouds part after a freezing rain (and snow) over Eagle Lake in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. The sleet and hail had been so bad Fisher and i sought shelter in a ruin.

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Edge of Tundra

A glacial stream flows from the edge of a smooth ice cap retreating up a freshly exposed, rugged canyon. On the left are tundra fields, on the right virtually nothing grows.

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