Exploring the Earth and Sky of the West

Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska

  • A valley containing a glacier is partially obscure by a bank of clouds
    Morning clouds partially obscure the Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
  • Deep fissures in glacial ice
    Crevasses in the Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
  • Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
  • White and blue glacial ice contrasts with lush green carpet of vegetation
    Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
  • A deep mountain valley with a braided stream and some clouds
    Looking downvalley at the trench once occupied by the Exit Glacier.
  • Two kayakers approach a large glacier
    Kayaking toward the terminus of the Holgate Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
  • A hand holds a small piece of ice that has broken off of a glacier
    Tiny iceberg, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
  • Three black fins just upward from the ocean surface
    Orcas, Resurrection Bay, Alaska
  • The fin and head of a black and white whale is visible just above the water line
    Orca, Resurrection Bay, Alaska
  • A small black and white bird with orange beak and feet
    Horned Puffin (at the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward, because the photo was better than the wild ones…)