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Dad & Harley On the road to Denali Park |
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Thunderbird Falls North of Anchorage |
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Nature's SkyScrapers The Alaskan Range makes its own weather, creating its own cloud cover many days of the year. Clear days are rare and wonderful. |
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Glacial Bowl Formed by a glacier scooping out the side of this mountain under the weight of the ice that was once here. |
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Fingers of God The natives of Alaska believe that this mountain is the hand of one of their gods, turned up and holding a glacier in his palm. |
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Riverbend Rest Stop |
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Riverbend Rest Stop ver.2 |
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Mountainscape Along the Parks road to Denali. |
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Rainbow at another rest stop |
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Another Mountainscape |
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The Road to Denali The spectatular views were constantly changing and never-ending. Fireweed, valleys, mountains, cloud formations, all blending together in new and wonderful ways around every turn, and over every rise... |
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South view of Denali The peak breaks thru the cloud cover as we aproach from the south. |
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West View of Denali Another brief glimps looking west at the mountain from another rest stop. The clouds teasing with only short looks at the impressive mountain. |
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North View of Denali From inside the park on the bus tour the next day. Spectacular cloud formations that parted just in time, and just long enough for us to get another glimpse. |
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Denali North View 2 Final look at the giant as we left the park. |
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Smile for the Camera This fellow posed for us as the bus stopped to watch him... |
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Pika Resting This cute rabbit-like creature lives in the tumbled boulders on hillsides. |
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Caribou Majestic and beautiful |
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Dall herd (closeup) Zoomed in view of a herd of Dall sheep on a distant slope. |
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Dall herd |
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Dall Ram Closer view of a Dall ram grazing on a ridge. |
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Dinnertime Moose feeding on the abundant Willow in the park. |
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Grizz! Looking for berries or unsuspecting prey to fatten up for the lean winter months. |
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Running Grizzly Adult Grizzlys can reach 35mph... This fella must have been doing at least that downhill on that slope... |
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Karl & Laura in Denali Park My friend Laura and myself with the backdrop of the Alaskan Range at a rest stop during the bus tour inside of the park. |