14 shot panoramic taken March 29. its still not the best stitch job. but I'm improving my technique each time. Its very difficult to take the right photos of a beach that's nearly a mile long with waves and contrasting colors due to shadows and such. though still not nearly perfect, a pretty decent photo i think.

This photo was taken summer of 2009. I don't think there is a name for this log bridge at a creek that is fed from Lake Betty to Finger Bay. I'll go back this summer to take a photo that portrays the width of the bridge.

Candle Stick Bridge

Zeto Point is the land mass to the left. A.K.A. Rhino Point. There was a negative tide this day which is nice for beach combing.

Eagle taking in the morning sun. Summer 2009.

Kuluk Beach. Fall 2009.

Great Sitkin Volcano. Winter 2010.

Great Sitkin from Clam Lagoon. Winter 2010.

6 shot Panorama of the town of Adak. Spri

3 Shot Panorama, Adak. Spring 2009.

Winter Caribou in Adak

Photos from Fall 2009

Adak's runway

view from Kuluk Beach

Alaska Railroad in Whittier

Have fun making snowflakes!!

Whittier, Alaska. Part of the northernmost rainforest, averages over 400"of rain and 0ver 200" of snow each year. Surrounded by glaciers, gorgeous views and small town living. Below are pics from "my backyard" for the next 2 weeks. I'm staying at the tippy top of the 15 story Begich Towers. This building is home to a majority of the Whitter residents, as well as the Post Office, Police Dept, City Offices, a store and the Whittier Medical Clinic. Look here for a webcam from a resident's 14th floor apartment.

Birds of Adak Island.

It's that time of year when new birds arrive and the year-rounders are easily seen.

Bald Eagle, sitting in the morning sun...

...until an un-stealthy Chris scares it away.

Gorgeous weather yesterday provided flat calm water in the harbour.

Ptarmigan are shedding their white feathers.

The photo of this young moose was taken at Lake Hood inside Anchorage, Alaska city limits. It's not uncommon at all to see moose throughout the city.

The photo above was taken at the Seward Hwy entrance of the Chugach National Forest and the photos below were taken at Lake Hood in Anchorage, the world's busiest seaplane base.

We arrived to Adak Island on September 28 and I can literally count on one hand how many nice days we've had here.  Yesterday the most recent and even though it was cold, it provided a nice clear day to take some photos.  The first shot is 6 photos stitched together for a panoramic of the town of Adak.  The other 2 photos were taken after capturing a dozen or so still shots of the young eagle.  I stood and waited for about 20 minutes waiting for it to fly off so I could capture it in flight.  I almost missed too, but the wait was worth it.  Adrian and I have one more week here before we fly back home for Christmas with the rest of the family.  I hope to get one more nice day to get more photos of all there is to see here before we return in January when there's sure to be a lot more snow a lot less time.  We'll have less daylight and add to that A season for Cod fishery and Opilio crab.  It's bound to be a busy time at the clinic.  Hope you enjoy the following pics.

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One of my goals for this summer was to get pictures of a Puffin. My daughter really wanted to see a pic and I really wanted to take one. Well I got some pictures earlier this summer, one of which was the banner for this site. But last night I got lucky and got some really great shots so these are today's pics.

I removed the banner pic and replaced it with a panoramic shot that I took last night. Just below that cliff is where I got the photos of the birds.

I couldn't believe how close I was able to get resulting in some great shots so I had a hard time deciding which ones to post. This is a Horned Puffin, so I still need to find a Tufted Puffin.

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