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Yellow Tang 2

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Sheridan Glacier

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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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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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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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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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Tokositna Glacier

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

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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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The West Temple

This is one of my all time favorite icons of rock anywhere in the world. Visible from nearly everywhere, and immediately recognizable, i've used it countless times over the years to get my bearings or just admire it's beauty.

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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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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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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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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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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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Black and Orange Mountain

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

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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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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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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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Near Point

After 14 miles of hiking we realized we took the long route to Near Point, but we were almost done and we were both worn out but happy.

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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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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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Circular Entrance

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

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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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Granite Fins

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

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Palenque Beach

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

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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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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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Springdale Winter Cliffs

Cliffs of Zion adorned with a fresh coat of snow

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Udder of Ice

Seriously, these icicles look like they should be milked. They're already dripping.

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Las Rocas Beach

Another nice sunset on Palenque. At the time of my first visit there was nothing here at all and we had to take a 25 minute boat ride back to the mainland in the dark. Now tucked just inside the jungle is a relaxing beach bar and restaurant where you can watch the sunset every day in comfort.

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Cave Valley

A fall day in Cave Valley on the Kolob Terrace

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Purple Canyon

Remote streams flow through multi colored canyon covered in tundra.

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Center of the Universe

I had been up to this cool white pass in Zion years ago, and found out that more recently a park employee, like i used to be, had also discovered it and told people it was like the "center of the universe". I agree as far as it seems to be another of those areas with a science fiction feel to it. It made me think of distant futures.

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Fonts Point

Fonts Point is Anza Borrego State Park is an amazing badlands area of formerly undersea delta sediments. It's full of fossils too.

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Timeless Mountains

The primitive forms of the arctic landscape make one feel that they have travelled far back to the time before man.

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Walrus Tundra Terrace

A very nice walk up a mountain stream between two lakes

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Ice Birds Wing

We flew over a series of ice caps with borders rectangular in nature. These icefields, several of which are visible in this picture, were recently connected.

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Flower Study 1

I like taking macro pictures, but i don't do it often enough.

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Ruth Glacier 2

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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Matanuska Reflections

I passed this pool of water on the highway more times than i can count. Finally one fall i passed by on just the right day for colorful birch to reflect in still waters. I never saw it look so nice again in the years to come.

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Laughlin Glacier and Mountain

Laughlin is a dramatic hanging glacier near the US/Canadian border north of Skagway.

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Black Skies Over Black Canyon

A summer storm blows over Black Canyon of the Gunnison

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The Door Through the Sky

A thin black band of cloud hovers high above a solitary monolith that, from a distance, looked like a hole in the sky at the edge of the world.

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Bryce Canyon Panorama

I don't like to get up before dawn, but Bryce is one of few places i've been where it's worth it to see the sunrise.

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Smith Rock State Park

A hiker enjoys a stroll in Smith Rock State Park, Oregon.

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Turret Arch

Turret Arch at sunset

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Braided River

Gold Forests light up in the sun above the eastern end of the Matanuska River

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Snow Wedge Under The Throne

Looks like an avalanche was wedged apart on The Great White Throne

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Avian Shroud (detail)

This dome of rock in the Chiswell Archipelago was engulfed in an eternal cloak made up of thousands of sea birds. you can see some of them on both sides of the rock where the contrast with the sky helps them stand out.

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Snow on No-Mans Land

High up in no-man’s land the sun is making quick work of exposed slopes

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The Mighty Bear Glacier

The Bear Glacier is a "large" glacier, in some places several miles wide. It pours into a quickly growing lake behind the full grown forest in the distance.

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Mossy Gorge 2

Another shot of the secret gorge.

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Zion’s High Wildlands

My favorite places in the world are in Zion's wild highlands and high wildlands. It reminds me at times of exploring the stone version of a glacier.

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Sunset Arches

Sunlight streams through arches and illuminates pillars of Arches National Park

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The Wing

This is one of my favorite secret places to enjoy in Utah. So far it's in fairly pristine condition, so i can't reveal it's location.

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First Snow at Matanuska

Fresh fuel for glaciers, a blanket of white on a fall day in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska.

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Island in the Stormy Sky

The island in the Sky District of Canyonlands offers sweeping vistas.

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Cinder Cone and Red Cliffs

One of many small volcanoes that ruined much of the Colorado Plateau as recently as 900 years ago.

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Virgin River Gorge

The Virgin River Gorge is a highly underrated canyon of the American West.

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Foggy Paradise

Icy cold water from glaciers above pours quickly past lush rainforest into the ocean at low tide. In the distance moose antlers stick up out of the water. Or are they only driftwood?

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Ruth Glacier (close up)

From the right distance the surface looks almost like a satellite image.

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Hoodoos To Red Butte

A maze of colorful sandstone hoodoos point the way to Red Butte

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Permian Desert

Primitive forms and highly faulted, dynamic geology from the Permian Age are building blocks of the Virgin River Gorge.

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Kanarraville Narrows HIking

A hiker enjoys a relaxing walk through cold water on a hot day.

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Bomber Pass

Bomber Pass is simply a low point in a thin ridge of high cliffs that allows you to descend by rope onto the Bomber Glacier

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Mormon Mountains from the Beaver Dams

Looking towards the Mormon Mountains from the slopes of the Beaver Dams. Until a fire burned it down a few years ago there was a thick Joshua Tree Forest here on these slopes.

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Nabesna Mid Glacial Lake

This lake is a new phenomenon that was only 2 summers old by the time i came across it. I think what is happening is that the downward side of the lake is a small ridge and the glacier has lost enough mass that it can no longer ride over the top of it, halting it's forward movement. But, there could also be an ice dam somewhere in the area.