This photo didn't turn out as well as I hoped. Many cloud layers with sunlit peaks in the background. Taken along the Glenn Highway.
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Our 2nd full day in Alaska June 11, 2005, we drove from Achorage to Chitina, ~4 hours along the Glenn Highway. Amazing scenery along the way such as these interesting clouds.
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More stratus.
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It was raining for part of the 4 hours. After that, it didn't really rain on us anywhere until the day of Mark's wedding, a week from when this image was taken.
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The Matanuska glacier from the Glenn Highway
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The weather was breaking and this was one of many large lakes we saw with snow capped peaks surrounding them.
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The Copper River. You can tell it is glacier fed by the milkly appearence of the water, wide channel, and numerous snaking paths the water takes.
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In Chitina, this is the 5 person plane we flew on to get to McCarthy, in Wrangell St. Elias National Park. My good buddy Andy Sherwood says this was a Cessna 210 RG.
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The "tarmac" with airstrip in the background.
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The "terminal". It was closed.
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The pilot and I.
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The Copper River and Chitina River confluence from the air.
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Same as previous. This is a very popular salmon fishing area.
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The Chitina River and Chugach Range looking south.
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