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  • Glaciers flow from Mount Bertha (upper left) and Mount Crillon (upper right) to form the upper portion of Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.<br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Johns Hopkins Glacier.jpg
  • A humpback whale engages in "tail slapping" in the Sitakaday Narrows of the main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Young Island located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska. In the near background is Marble Mountain and in the far background is Mt. Abdallah. It is unknown why whales engage in this behavior but speculation is that it is a way to ward off other whales or the opposite, an invitation to join a group of whales.
    Sitakaday Narrows humback whale tail...jpg
  • Boulders from a landslide sprawl across a glacier that descends from Coleman Peak in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. This glacier eventually joins the McBride Glacier.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Landslide near Coleman Peak.jpg
  • A small hill at Wolf Point is reflected in a low tide tidal pool in Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. In the foreground is rockweed.
    Wolf Pt. reflection.jpg
  • The retreating McBride Glacier, located just off the Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska, is the most active glacier and only tidewater glacier in the Muir Inlet. McBride Glacier is approximately 1⁄2 mile wide and 14 miles long. Its ice face is approximately 200 feet high above the water and extends about 270 feet below it. This aerial photo, shot after an early November snow storm, shows Icebergs from the calving glacier traveling down the McBride Glacier inlet to the main Muir Inlet. The mountain ridge at left foreground is McConnell Ridge.
    McBride Glacier aerial.jpg
  • The rising tide envelopes a rock encrusted in blue mussels and acorn barnacles on a beach near the Klotz Hills and not far from Maquinna Cove in Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. Prominent in the background is Mt. Wright which is located at the mouth of Adams Inlet. EDITORS NOTE: The use of a slow shutter speed smoothed the action of the waves.
    Klotz Hills beach rock.jpg
  • A black oystercatcher near its nest on Kidney Island in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska.
    Black oystercatcher 2.jpg
  • A kayaker kayaks past a small iceberg floating in the Muir Inlet of Glacier Bay National Park. This piece of glacial ice is technically not an iceberg due to its small size. The size category for an iceberg is huge, with the height of the ice must be greater than 16 feet above sea level, a thickness of 98-164 feet, with a coverage area greater than 5,382 square feet. Next size down is bergy bits (height less than 16 feet above sea level but greater than three feet), then growlers (less than three feet above sea level - the size of a truck or grand piano), and then brash ice.<br />
<br />
The piece of ice is from the retreating McBride Glacier. Recent research determined that there is 11% less glacial ice in Glacier Bay than in the 1950s. Still, even with the earth’s rapidly changing climate, Glacier Bay is home to a few stable glaciers due to heavy snowfall in the nearby Fairweather Mountains. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. The park is also an important marine wilderness area known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall coastal mountains. The park, a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales, which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Kayaker and iceberg.jpg
  • A flock of surf scoters in the East Arm of Glacier Bay in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska float on the ocean. In the background are  Point George, Mount Case, and Mount Wright.<br />
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According to the Cornell Ornithology Lab, “surf scoters are “molt migrants,” meaning that after nesting, adults fly to an area where they can molt their flight feathers. They briefly become flightless before continuing to their wintering range, and molting areas provide some protection from weather and predators." These spots include the sheltered waters of Southeast Alaska.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. The park is also an important marine wilderness area known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall coastal mountains. The park, a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions, and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Surf scoters.jpg
  • Mount Crillon (12,726 ft.) rises above the clouds near the Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Mount Crillion.jpg
  • Cracks in the snow on the mountainside above the Fairweather Glacier appear like they could cause an avalanche in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Fairweather Glacier snow cracks.jpg
  • The upper snowfield of the Casement Glacier is seen in this aerial photo taken along the border of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve near Mount Rice and the town of Haines in southeast Alaska.
    Casement Glacier icefield aerial.jpg
  • Icebergs from McBride Glacier pool together in McBride Inlet located just off the Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. The McBride Glacier, the most active glacier and only tidewater glacier in the Muir Inlet, is retreating. In 1966 the terminus of the glacier was roughly where the ice in the foreground is. In this 2011 photo the glacier's terminus is approximately 3.5 miles away. The mountain peak in the background is Coleman Peak. McBride Glacier is one of the park's seven tidewater glaciers.
    McBride Glacier.jpg
  • The sun sets on Muir Inlet and rocks in this image take near the Klotz Hills in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska.
    Klotz Hills sunset 2.jpg
  • A humpback whale dives in the Sitakaday Narrows of the main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view at sunset seen from Young Island located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska. In the near background is Marble Mountain and in the far background is Mt. Abdallah.
    Sitakaday Narrows humpback whale sun...jpg
  • A humpback whale dives in the Sitakaday Narrows of the main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Young Island located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska.
    Sitakaday Narrows humpback whale 2.jpg
  • A humpback whale dives in the Sitakaday Narrows of the main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Young Island located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska. In the near background is Marble Mountain and in the far background is Mt. Abdallah.
    Sitakaday Narrows humpback whale 1.jpg
  • Mount Crillon of the Fairweather mountain range basks in the light from a late evening sunset in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Glacier Bay Lodge located in Bartlett Cove of the park in southeast Alaska.
    Mount Crillon sunset.jpg
  • A glacier descends from Coleman Peak in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to eventually join the McBride Glacier. Note the landslide in upper reaches of the glaicer.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Glacier near Coleman Peak.jpg
  • This aerial view shows the last portion of the McBride Glacier before it meets the ocean in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The McBride Glacier is the most active glacier and only tidewater glacier in the Muir Inlet, is retreating. Muir Inlet can be seen in the upper right of the photo.<br />
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The dark line of rock debris is called called a medial moraine. A medial moraine is formed when two glaciers meet and the debris on the edges of the adjacent valley sides join and are carried on top of the glacier.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Medial moraine, McBride Glacier.jpg
  • The 19-mile long Fairweather Glacier flows past the Lituya Mountain (left) in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Fairweather Glacier.jpg
  • Two large glaciers come together to form the main flow of the McBride Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The dark lines of rock debris are called medial moraines. A medial moraine is formed when two glaciers meet and the debris on the edges of the adjacent valley sides join and are carried on top of the glacier. <br />
<br />
The McBride Glacier, the most active glacier and only tidewater glacier in the Muir Inlet, is retreating.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Medial moraines, McBride Glacier.jpg
  • The retreating McBride Glacier, located just off the Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska, is the most active glacier and only tidewater glacier in the Muir Inlet. McBride Glacier is approximately 1⁄2 mile wide and 14 miles long. Its ice face is approximately 200 feet high above the water and extends about 270 feet below it. This aerial photo, shot after an early November snow storm, shows Icebergs from the calving glacier traveling down the McBride Glacier inlet to the main Muir Inlet (background). The mountain ridge (center right) is McConnell Ridge. Ridge to the left is of McBride Inlet is Van Horn Ridge.
    McBride Glacier aerial 2.jpg
  • A portion of the face of Margerie Glacier, one of the seven tidewater glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve in southeast Alaska collapses with a loud rifle sounding "crack" and booming roar. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's one mile wide face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall. The length of the glacier (2011) is approximately 21 miles.
    Margerie Glacier collapse.jpg
  • The face of Margerie Glacier, one of the seven tidewater glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve in southeast Alaska, is riddled with cracks and crevices. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall.. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's one mile wide glacial face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall. The length of the glacier (2011) is approximately 21 miles.
    Margerie Glacier 1.jpg
  • A group of kayakers paddle pass the glacier-scoured base of Mount Brock on Muir Inlet near the Riggs Glacier in Glacier National Park and Reserve in southeast Alaska.
    Rigg Glacier kayakers.jpg
  • A rock on the beach in the Muir Inlet near Van Horn Ridge is layered with (top to bottom) rockweed, acorn barnacles, and blue mussels. Muir Inlet is located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska.
    Rockweed, acorn barnacles and blue m...jpg
  • Icebergs flowing out of the McBride Glacier inlet begin their journey down the Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. In the background is White Thunder Ridge. As late as 1966, the faces of the retreating McBride and Riggs Glaciers were across from White Thunder Ridge. In 2011, the terminus of McBride Glacier is roughly 3.5 miles away. McBride Glacier is the only remaining tidewater glacier in the Muir Inlet.
    White Thunder Ridge icebergs.jpg
  • Unnamed mountain peaks between Tree Mountain (not pictured) and Mount Case (right) are reflected in the Adams Inlet of Glacier Bay National Park and preserve in southeast Alaska.
    Adams Inlet mountain peaks.jpg
  • A colony of Black-legged kittiwakes occupy the steep vertical cliffs of South Marble Island in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska.
    South Marble Island black-legged kit...jpg
  • Peaks of the Fairweather Range bask in sunset light in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Glacier Bay Lodge located in Bartlett Cove of the park in southeast Alaska.
    Fairweather Range sunset.jpg
  • The last ray of sunlight from the setting sun basks on the Sitakaday Narrows in the main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Young Island located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska. At left is Marble Mountain, and in the far background is Mount Abdallah.
    Sitakaday Narrows sunset.jpg
  • A humpback whale surfaces and blows out air as it breathes in the Sitakaday Narrows of the main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Young Island located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska. The "blow" or spray is partially caused by water resting on top of the whale's blowholes (nostrils). A humpback whale has two blow holes whereas some other species of whales only have one.
    Sitakaday Narrows humpback whale blo...jpg
  • The moon sets over the Fairweather mountain range in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Kidney Island, located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska.
    Fairweather range moon.jpg
  • Mount LaPerouse and other peaks of the Fairweather Range basks in the light from a late evening sunset in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Glacier Bay Lodge located in Bartlett Cove of the park in southeast Alaska.
    Mt. LaPerouse sunset.jpg
  • The main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is vast, stretching 69 miles from its mouth to the furthest extent. It is hard to imagine that the area pictured (a small portion of the bay) was a single large glacier of solid ice only a little over 200 years ago. In the mid-1700s, this view (and quite a bit beyond) would have been covered by a glacier nearly a mile in thickness. Since then, the massive glacier that filled the bay has retreated 69 miles to the heads of various inlets. <br />
<br />
Recent research determined that there is 11% less glacial ice in Glacier Bay  than in the 1950s. Still, even with the earth’s rapidly changing climate, Glacier Bay is home to a few stable glaciers due to heavy snowfall in the nearby Fairweather Mountains. <br />
<br />
The pictured view is of the Beartrack Mountains looking from Tlingit Point on the left to North Marble Island and South Marble Island on the far right.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. The park is also an important marine wilderness area known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall coastal mountains. The park, a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales, which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.<br />
<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: The image is a panoramic composite of several overlapping images.
    Beartrack Mountains panorama.jpg
  • A kayaker kayaks past a small iceberg floating in the Muir Inlet of Glacier Bay National Park. This piece of glacial ice is technically not an iceberg due to its small size. The size category for an iceberg is huge, with the height of the ice must be greater than 16 feet above sea level, a thickness of 98-164 feet, with a coverage area greater than 5,382 square feet. Next size down is bergy bits (height less than 16 feet above sea level but greater than three feet), then growlers (less than three feet above sea level - the size of a truck or grand piano), and then brash ice.<br />
<br />
The piece of ice is from the retreating McBride Glacier. Recent research determined that there is 11% less glacial ice in Glacier Bay than in the 1950s. Still, even with the earth’s rapidly changing climate, Glacier Bay is home to a few stable glaciers due to heavy snowfall in the nearby Fairweather Mountains. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. The park is also an important marine wilderness area known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall coastal mountains. The park, a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales, which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Kayaker and iceberg-2.jpg
  • The shadow of a small plane passes over the border of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve above uppermost reaches of McBride Glacier near Mount Krause.<br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Upper McBride Glacier.jpg
  • Deep crevasses of Margerie Glacier take on an other worldly look in early evening light in this photo taken at the uppermost region of the glacier just inside the U.S. at the Canadian border. The 21-mile-long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is one of the park’s tidewater glaciers. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
<br />
Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
<br />
The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Margerie Glacier crevasses-2.jpg
  • The upper snowfield of the Casement Glacier is seen in this aerial photo taken along the border of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve near Mount Rice and the town of Haines in southeast Alaska.
    Casement Glacier snowfield aerial 2.jpg
  • The thousand foot cliffs of White Thunder Ridge are reflected in the Muir Inlet located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. This aerial view, taken in early November after a snow storm, is looking south, down the Muir Inlet (left).
    White Thunder Ridge aerial.jpg
  • The face of Margerie Glacier, one of the seven tidewater glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve in southeast Alaska, is riddled with cracks and crevices. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall.. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's one mile wide glacial face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall. The length of the glacier (2011) is approximately 21 miles.
    Margerie Glacier 4.jpg
  • The face of Margerie Glacier, one of the seven tidewater glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve in southeast Alaska, is riddled with cracks and crevices. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall.. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's one mile wide glacial face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall. The length of the glacier (2011) is approximately 21 miles.
    Margerie Glacier 2.jpg
  • An iceberg from the McBride Glacier is stranded on a Muir Inlet beach during low tide near Van Horn Ridge. In the background is "The Nunatak." Muir Inlet is located in Glacier National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska.
    McBride Glacier and The Nunatak.jpg
  • "The Nunatak" reaches up to clouds bathed in sunset light in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. The Nunatak is a 1,205 foot glaciated knob located on the east side of the Muir Inlet. The rocks in the foreground are encrusted with blue mussels and rockweed.
    The Nunatak and rockweed.jpg
  • "The Nunatak" rises out of low clouds near Nunatak Cove in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. The Nunatak is a 1,205 foot glaciated knob located on the east side of the Muir Inlet.
    The Nunatak.jpg
  • Icebergs from McBride Glacier rest in the intertidal area of a beach at the base of McConnell Ridge on Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. The McBride Glacier, the most active glacier and only tidewater glacier in the Muir Inlet, is retreating. In the background is White Thunder Ridge.
    McConnell Ridge icebergs.jpg
  • A Steller sea lion barks at other sea lions on South Marble Island in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. Male sea lions, called bulls, will bark loudly to defend or establish their territories. To tell the difference between sea lions and seals, sea lions have an ear flap where seals have only a small opening for their ear. Adult male Steller sea lions are noticeably larger than females (sexual dimorphism) and further distinguished by a thick mane of coarse hair. Like other pinnipeds, the fur of Steller sea lions molts ever year.
    South Marble Island sea lions 1.jpg
  • The last ray of sunlight from the setting sun bask on the Sitakaday Narrows in the main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Young Island located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska. At left is Tlingit Peak, in the center is Marble Mountain, and at the right is Willoughby Island. In the far center background is Mount Abdallah.
    Sitakaday Narrows sunset panorama.jpg
  • The face of Margerie Glacier, one of the seven tidewater glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve in southeast Alaska, is riddled with cracks and crevices. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's one mile wide face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall. The length of the glacier (2011) is approximately 21 miles. SPECIAL NOTE: This image is a panorama composite consisting of multiple overlapping images stitched together.
    Margerie Glacier panorama.jpg
  • Red Mountain is reflected in a low tide tidal pool on the beach at Wolf Point on the Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. Also pictured at far right is "The Nunatak, a glaciated knob.
    Red Mountain reflection at Wolf Pt.jpg
  • Riggs Glacier is retreating and is no longer considered a tidewater glacier. The glacier located just off the Muir Inlet is located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska.
    Riggs Glacier panorama.jpg
  • The sun sets on Muir Inlet and rocks in this image take near the Klotz Hills in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska.
    Klotz Hills sunset 1.jpg
  • Mountain peaks on the south side of Adams Inlet are reflected in the  calm waters of Adams Inlet of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. Named peaks pictured are Tree Mountain (second mountain from left) and Mount Case (mountain at far right). The view is looking up the Adams Glacier valley (center). SPECIAL NOTE: This image is a panorama composite consisting of multiple overlapping images stitched together.
    Adams Inlet mountain peaks panorama.jpg
  • A humpback whale surfaces and dives in the Sitakaday Narrows of the main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view at sunset seen from Young Island located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska. In the near background is Marble Mountain and in the far background is Mt. Abdallah.
    Sitakaday Narrows humpback whale sun...jpg
  • Fallen debris on the side of a valley of the Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve appears to be almost feather-like.<br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
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The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Johns Hopkins Glacier debris.jpg
  • Low tide exposes rockweed at Hunter Cove at sunset on Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. Pictured in the near background are the Klotz Hills. Behind the Klotz Hills are mountain peaks of Adams Inlet. Peaks with names are Mount Wright (far right), Mount Case (second from right), and Tree Mountain (far left).
    Hunter Cove rockweed sunset.jpg
  • A humpback whale surfaces and dives in the Sitakaday Narrows of the main bay of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in this view seen from Young Island located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska.
    Sitakaday Narrows humback whale 3.jpg
  • A black oystercatcher near its nest on Kidney Island in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve located in the Beardslee Islands of the park in southeast Alaska.
    Black oystercatcher.jpg
  • Glaciers flow  into the Wachusett Inlet of the East Arm of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.  Peak at upper left is Mount Merriam. In the very distant upper right Mount Bertha, located in the Fairweather Range, can be seen.<br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
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The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Mount Merriam.jpg
  • Gray silted water flows from an alluvial fan into the clear blue ocean of the Queen Inlet in the West Arm of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Silt and debris formed the the alluvial fan from the melting water of a glacier near Mount Merriam. <br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
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The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Glacier alluvial fan.jpg
  • Little remains of the Burroughs Glacier (center). In the foreground, are the snow-covered tops of Minnesota Ridge. On the other side of Burroughs Glacier are the Bruce Hills, followed by Wachusett Inlet. The far side of the inlet are the mountains of Idaho Ridge including: Mount Kloh Kutz, Mount Cadell, Mount Merriam and Mount Wordie. In the very distant upper part of the image, mountains of the Fairweather Range can be seen.<br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
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The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Burroughs Glacier.jpg
  • Deep crevasses of Margerie Glacier take on an other worldly look in early evening light in this photo taken at the uppermost region of the glacier just inside the U.S. at the Canadian border. The 21-mile-long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is one of the park’s tidewater glaciers. <br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is located in southeast Alaska. Known for its spectacular tidewater glaciers, icefields, and tall costal mountains, the park is also an important marine wilderness area. The park a popular destination for cruise ships, is also known for its sea kayaking and wildlife viewing opportunities. <br />
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Glacier Bay National Park is home to humpback whales which feed in the park's protected waters during the summer, both black and grizzly bears, moose, wolves, sea otters, harbor seals, steller's sea lions and numerous species of sea birds. <br />
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The dynamically changing park, known for its large, contiguous, intact ecosystems, is a United Nations biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
    Margerie Glacier crevasses.jpg
  • The retreating McBride Glacier, located just off the Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska, is the most active glacier and only tidewater glacier in the Muir Inlet. McBride Glacier is approximately 1⁄2 mile wide and 14 miles long. Its ice face is approximately 200 feet high above the water and extends about 270 feet below it. This aerial photo, shot after an early November snow storm, shows Icebergs from the calving glacier traveling down the McBride Glacier inlet to the main Muir Inlet. The mountain ridge in the center is McConnell Ridge.
    McBride Glacier, icebergs aerial.jpg
  • The face of Margerie Glacier, one of the seven tidewater glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve in southeast Alaska, is riddled with cracks and crevices. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall.. The Margerie Glacier is located on the Tarr Inlet next to another tidewater glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier. Margerie Glacier's one mile wide glacial face has a total height of 350 feet, out of which 250 feet is above the water level and 100 feet is beneath the water surface. For comparison purposes the Statue of Liberty is 307 feet tall. The length of the glacier (2011) is approximately 21 miles.
    Margerie Glacier 3.jpg
  • Rocks are exposed at low tide on a beach at Tlingit Point in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. In the background is Drake Island. Beyond Drake Island is Marble Mountain.
    Tlingit Pt. beach.jpg
  • A mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, surveys the Byers Peak Wilderness in Colorado from the slopes of Byers Peak. Mountain goats are protected from harsh winter elements with their wooly double coats. Their undercoats of fine, dense wool is covered any an outer layer of longer, hollow hairs. In the spring, mountain goats molt rubbing their hair against bushes, trees and rocks to shed the thick wool during the warmer months. Mountain goats are herbivores spending most of their time grazing on grasses, plants and shrubs of their alpine habitat.
    Mountain goat-2.jpg
  • Moose are frequently seen in the taiga forest between the park headquarters and the Savage River. The moose is the largest member of the deer family. Wolves are the primary predators of moose.
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  • Mew gull chicks await feeding from an adult mew gull on river bar of the Savage River in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The gulls were seen from the Savage Canyon Trail. Mew gulls spend their summer breeding in Alaska, often nesting on the gravel bar of the Savage River. They then winter on the Pacific coasts of Washington, Oregon and California.
    Mew gulls.jpg
  • Denali (Athabaskan for "The High One") basks in morning light at sunrise in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The snow and glacier covered mountain, part of the Alaska Range soars to a height of 20,310 feet. Denali is the tallest mountain on the North American continent. Although Mt. Everest is higher, the vertical rise of Denali is greater. This view is a small detail from the north slopes of the mountain seen from Wonder Lake.
    Denali detail.jpg
  • A rests on a sunny day along the Byers Creek Trail near Byers Peak in the Byers Peak Wilderness located in the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado. The Byers Peak Wilderness encompasses 8,801 acres in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests near Winter Park, Colorado. The wilderness area was established in 1993. The wilderness area and the 12,804 foot peak are named after William N. Byers, founder of Colorado’s first newspaper, the Rocky Mountain New
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  • Bills Peak (left) at 12,703 feet towers above the Keyser Creek valley in the Byers Peak Wilderness. The Byers Peak Wilderness encompasses 8,801 acres in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests near Winter Park, Colorado. The wilderness area was established in 1993. The wilderness area is named after William N. Byers, founder of Colorado’s first newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News.
    Bills Peak, Byers Peak Wilderness.jpg
  • Badwater in Death Valley National Park, is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level. The 40-square mile of salt flats in the Badwater basin are the result of mineral rich water evaporating until only the salts remain. It is a repeating process, which over thousands of years, layers of salt form into polygon-shaped crust. The Death Valley saltpan is one of the largest protected saltpans in North America. This view of the saltpan at Badwater is from Dante’s View. In the background is the Panamint Range, including Telescope Peak (11,043 ft.), the tallest mountain in the park. Also note the large alluvial fans coming off the mountains.<br />
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Death Valley National Park, located in eastern California near the border with Nevada is one of the hottest spots on earth, holding the hottest recorded air temperature of 134 °F. The Park also is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level at the vast salt flats at Badwater Basin. At 3.4 million acres, the park is the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Death Valley National Park sits between the Panamint Range on the west  and Amargosa Range on the east.<br />
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EDITORS NOTE: This image is a panorama composite made of several overlapping images.
    Badwater salt flats panorama from Da...jpg
  • Salt formations in Cottonwood Basin are the result of mineral rich water evaporating until only the salts remain. It is a repeating process, which over thousands of years, forms layers of salt into crust. The Death Valley saltpan is one of the largest protected saltpans in North America.<br />
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Death Valley National Park, located in eastern California near the border with Nevada is one of the hottest spots on earth, holding the hottest recorded air temperature of 134 °F. The Park also is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level at the vast salt flats at Badwater Basin. At 3.4 million acres, the park is the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Death Valley National Park sits between the Panamint Range on the west  and Amargosa Range on the east.
    Cottonwood Basin salt formations.jpg
  • Badwater in Death Valley National Park, is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level. The 40-square mile of salt flats in the Badwater basin are the result of mineral rich water evaporating until only the salts remain. It is a repeating process, which over thousands of years, layers of salt form into polygon-shaped crust. The Death Valley saltpan is one of the largest protected saltpans in North America. This view is of the saltpan at Badwater. In the background are the lower mountains of the Panamint Range. Note the large alluvial fan below the mountains. Despite being one of the driest spots in North America the alluvial fans were created by water washing down debris from the mountains. A bajada is formed when multiple alluvial fans join together.<br />
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Death Valley National Park, located in eastern California near the border with Nevada is one of the hottest spots on earth, holding the hottest recorded air temperature of 134 °F. The Park also is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level at the vast salt flats at Badwater Basin. At 3.4 million acres, the park is the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Death Valley National Park sits between the Panamint Range on the west  and Amargosa Range on the east.
    Badwater salt flat.jpg
  • Death Valley National Park Visitors come not only to experience the record heat but also the beauty. Despite the desert conditions, the park is known for its spring wildflowers. Under perfect conditions, the park experiences a rare event known as a wildflower "super bloom" which produces a sea wildflowers. Most of the desert wildflowers are annuals. This ensures their survival as this allows them to lie dormant as seeds during times of drought. Pictured here is Desert Gold, also known as Hairy Desert Sunflower, in Death Valley National Park.<br />
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Death Valley National Park, located in eastern California near the border with Nevada is one of the hottest spots on earth, holding the hottest recorded air temperature of 134 °F. The Park also is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level at the vast salt flats at Badwater Basin. At 3.4 million acres, the park is the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Death Valley National Park sits between the Panamint Range on the west  and Amargosa Range on the east.
    Desert Gold.jpg
  • A grizzly bear scratches itself against a small spruce tree as seen from the park road in the Sable Pass area of Denali National Park in Alaska.
    Scratching grizzly bear-4.jpg
  • A day hiker overlooks the grandeur of the cinder cones in the seven mile long and two mile wide and 2,600 feet deep Haleakalā Crater in Haleakalā National Park on the island of Maui, Hawaii. The female hiker in this photo is standing atop the Ka Lu'u o ka 'O'o cinder cone looking out towards (front to rear) the cinder cones of Kama'oli'i, Pu'u o Maui and Pu'u Maile. In the far distance is the Kaupo Gap. The Haleakalā Volcano of east Maui is considered dormant, having last erupted sometime between 1480 and 1600 AD. The 33,265 acre park consists of the Summit District and the coastal Kipahulu District. Haleakalā National Park is known for it volcanic features, cinder cones and clear night skies for star gazing. It is believed that there are more endangered species living in Haleakalā National Park than any other national park, including the Haleakalā Silversword plant.
    Haleakalā Crater cinder cones, Maui.jpg
  • A grizzly bear scratches itself against a small spruce tree as seen from the park road in the Sable Pass area of Denali National Park in Alaska.
    Scratching grizzly bear-2.jpg
  • Denali (Athabaskan for "The High One") basks in morning light at sunrise in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The snow and glacier covered mountain, part of the Alaska Range soars to a height of 20,310 feet. Denali is the tallest mountain on the North American continent. Although Mt. Everest is higher, the vertical rise of Denali is greater. This view is a small detail from the north slopes of the mountain seen from Wonder Lake.
    Denali detail.jpg
  • A caribou is silhouetted on a ridge in the Sable Pass area of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The caribou pictured is collared for research.
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  • A beaver eats aquatic vegetation near the beaver dams at Horseshoe Lake in Denali National Park in Alaska. The beaver was seen near the Horseshoe Lake Trail.
    Beaver eats aquatic vegetation.jpg
  • Alaska cotton grass grows along the banks of a kettle pond near Wonder Lake in Denali National Park and Preserve.
    Alaska cotton grass.jpg
  • Sun rises on Denali and the Alaska Range as seen from Wonder Lake in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Denali is North America's tallest peak at 20,310 feet and towers over 18,000 feet above the surrounding lowlands. Other mountain peaks pictured include: Mount Brooks, Mount Silverthrone, Mount Tatum, and Mount Carpe. SPECIAL NOTE: This image is a panorama composite consisting of multiple overlapping images stitched together.
    Denali sunrise panorama 9.jpg
  • The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes located in Death Valley National Park near Stovepipe Wells, is the largest dune field in the park. While the sand dunes appear tall, the highest dune only rises about 100 feet. The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes are the easiest sand dunes to visit in Death Valley National Park. Three types of dunes are found in the dune field: crescent, linear, and star shaped. The dune field is named for the Mesquite trees that create hummocks that provide places for wildlife to live. Here a lone hiker stretches as the dunes are bathed in the first light at sunrise.<br />
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Death Valley National Park, located in eastern California near the border with Nevada is one of the hottest spots on earth, holding the hottest recorded air temperature of 134 °F. The Park also is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level at the vast salt flats at Badwater Basin. At 3.4 million acres, the park is the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Death Valley National Park sits between the Panamint Range on the west  and Amargosa Range on the east.
    Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes at sunrise ...psd
  • A mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat and its kid graze on grasses on the slope of Byers Peak. Mountain goats are protected from harsh winter elements with their wooly double coats. Their undercoats of fine, dense wool is covered any an outer layer of longer, hollow hairs. In the spring, mountain goats molt rubbing their hair against bushes, trees and rocks to shed the thick wool during the warmer months. Mountain goats are herbivores spending most of their time grazing on grasses, plants and shrubs of their alpine habitat
    Mountain goat and kid-2.jpg
  • Mountain pine bark beetle damage can is evident on this tree in the Byers Peak Wilderness located in the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado. Beetles lay their eggs under the bark of trees. After the eggs hatch, the larvae end up killing the tree when they eat the inner layer of the tree’s bark. Milder temperatures and lower precipitation has aided in the beetle outbreak that has killed millions of trees  in the western United States.
    Bark beetle damage-2.jpg
  • Mountain pine bark beetle damage can is evident on this tree in the Byers Peak Wilderness located in the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado. Beetles lay their eggs under the bark of trees. After the eggs hatch, the larvae end up killing the tree when they eat the inner layer of the tree’s bark. Milder temperatures and lower precipitation has aided in the beetle outbreak that has killed millions of trees  in the western United States.
    Bark beetle damage.jpg
  • Bills Peak (left) at 12,703 feet towers above the Keyser Creek valley in the Byers Peak Wilderness. The Byers Peak Wilderness encompasses 8,801 acres in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests near Winter Park, Colorado. The wilderness area was established in 1993. The wilderness area is named after William N. Byers, founder of Colorado’s first newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News.
    Bills Peak.jpg
  • Hallett Peak  (12,720 feet) looms above a frozen Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park in March.
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  • Hallett Peak  ( center, 12,720 feet) looms above a frozen Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park in March.
    Hallett Peak and Bear Lake.jpg
  • Salt formations in Cottonwood Basin are the result of mineral rich water evaporating until only the salts remain. It is a repeating process, which over thousands of years, forms layers of salt into crust. The Death Valley saltpan is one of the largest protected saltpans in North America.<br />
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Death Valley National Park, located in eastern California near the border with Nevada is one of the hottest spots on earth, holding the hottest recorded air temperature of 134 °F. The Park also is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level at the vast salt flats at Badwater Basin. At 3.4 million acres, the park is the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Death Valley National Park sits between the Panamint Range on the west  and Amargosa Range on the east.
    Cottonwood Basin salt formations-3.jpg
  • This small temporary lake in the Death Valley basin just south of Badwater in Death Valley National Park exemplifies the process of how salt is formed. Salt formations in the basin are the result of mineral rich water evaporating until only the salts remain. It is a repeating process, which over thousands of years, layers of salt form into polygon-shaped crust. The Death Valley saltpan is one of the largest protected saltpans in North America. This view is from Dante’s View above Badwater.<br />
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Death Valley National Park, located in eastern California near the border with Nevada is one of the hottest spots on earth, holding the hottest recorded air temperature of 134 °F. The Park also is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level at the vast salt flats at Badwater Basin. At 3.4 million acres, the park is the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Death Valley National Park sits between the Panamint Range on the west  and Amargosa Range on the east.
    Small lake near Badwater.jpg
  • The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes located in Death Valley National Park near Stovepipe Wells, is the largest dune field in the park. While the sand dunes appear tall, the highest dune only rises about 100 feet. The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes are the easiest sand dunes to visit in Death Valley National Park. Three types of dunes are found in the dune field: crescent, linear, and star shaped. The dune field is named for the Mesquite trees that create hummocks that provide places for wildlife to live. Here a lone hiker stretches as the dunes are bathed in the first light at sunrise.<br />
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Death Valley National Park, located in eastern California near the border with Nevada is one of the hottest spots on earth, holding the hottest recorded air temperature of 134 °F. The Park also is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level at the vast salt flats at Badwater Basin. At 3.4 million acres, the park is the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Death Valley National Park sits between the Panamint Range on the west  and Amargosa Range on the east.
    Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes at sunrise ...jpg
  • Death Valley National Park Visitors come not only to experience the record heat but also the beauty. Despite the desert conditions, the park is known for its spring wildflowers. Under perfect conditions, the park experiences a rare event known as a wildflower "super bloom" which produces a sea wildflowers. Most of the desert wildflowers are annuals. This ensures their survival as this allows them to lie dormant as seeds during times of drought. Pictured here is Desert Gold, also known as Hairy Desert Sunflower, in Death Valley National Park.<br />
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Death Valley National Park, located in eastern California near the border with Nevada is one of the hottest spots on earth, holding the hottest recorded air temperature of 134 °F. The Park also is location of the lowest spot in North America, 282 feet below sea level at the vast salt flats at Badwater Basin. At 3.4 million acres, the park is the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Death Valley National Park sits between the Panamint Range on the west  and Amargosa Range on the east.
    Desert Gold blowing in the wind,.jpg
  • A small glacial lake adds bright color to the otherwise bright white Tsirku Glacier in Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park. The park, located in the very northwestern corner of British Columbia, Canada, sits between Kluane National Park and Reserve in the Yukon and Glacier Bay and Wrangell-St. Elias National Parks and Preserves in Alaska. All together, they form the largest protected area in thew world, approximately 21 million acres. The Tatshenshini and Alsek Rivers are protected in their entirety making them the only large watershed in North America that is totally protected.<br />
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The remote park is known for its spectacular glacier and icefields, rafting and kayaking, hiking and mountaineering. Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park is home to grizzly bears, Dall's sheep, wolves, mountain goats, moose, eagles, falcons, and trumpeter swans.<br />
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The park was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994.
    Small glacial lake-2.jpg
  • Aialik Glacier pours down the mountains from the Harding Icefield as seen from the Aialik public use cabin on Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. The park, located near Seward, Alaska is known for its glaciers that flow out from the Harding Icefield, and the coastal fjords shaped by its receding glaciers. Approximately 51 percent of the park is covered by ice. The Harding Icefield, thousands of feet deep, is the largest icefield solely contained within the United States. Exit Glacier, is one of the most accessible glaciers in Alaska with easy walking trails leading up to the face of the glacier and more difficult trails leading up to the Harding Icefield which feeds Exit Glacier. Abundant land and sea life can be found within the parks boundaries including black and grizzly bears, Steller sea lions, puffins, humpback and orca whales. The park is a popular destination with sea kayakers who frequent Aialik Bay, Holgate Arm, Pederson Lagoon and Northwestern Fjord for magnificent views of the Aialik, Holgate, and Pederson glaciers. Tour companies offer boat tours out of Seward. SPECIAL NOTE: This image is a panorama composite consisting of multiple overlapping images stitched together.
    Aialik Glacier.jpg
  • A group of dall sheep look warily on a distant approaching grizzly bear look over the Plains of Murie on Marmot Point near the Polychrome Mountains in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
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  • Mount Brooks, a 11,940 foot tall peak, towers over smaller mountains in the Alaska Range as seen from the Wonder Lake campground in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
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  • Remains of an animal skull near Wonder Lake in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Very little remains of dead animals. The body and bones of the carcass will provide food and other nutrients for other wildlife.
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