Alaska

Hugs

Low Tide

This interesting and short waterfall is located just up river from the popular Ruby Falls. While this is part of the Paradise river, it is just outside of the Paradise area of Mount Rainier. On this day the entire Paradise area was in the clouds. The fog, which can be seen in the trees behind the falls, at times was so thick, visibility was as low as 100 feet.

Morning Glory

On the coastal boundry of Lake Clark National Park a morning shower gives way to a spendid sunrise over tidal flats.

Waiting For Lunch

Alaska Brown Bear watching over the Silver Salmon Creek, waiting for a sign of salmon to feed her and her cubs that are impatiently waiting behind her. The Alaska Peninsula brown bear (Ursus arctos gyas) is a subspecies of brown bear that lives in the coastal regions of southern Alaska. Generally speaking there are two types of brown bears classifications in North America, the coastal brown bear and the inland grizzly bear; these two types broadly define the range of sizes of all brown bear subspecies. These subspecies are defined mostly by habit and isolation which causes subtle differences in the bears appearance Alaska Peninsula brown bears are a very large brown bear subspecies, usually ranging in weight from 800 to 1,200 pounds (363 to 544 kg).They are found in high densities along the southern Alaskan coast due not only to the large amount of clams and sedge grass but also to the annual salmon runs; this allows them to attain huge sizes, some of the biggest in the world.