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Barrier

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | July 11, 2016 at 9:31 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Glacial Faces #3

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | July 10, 2016 at 1:37 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Bryn Mawr Glacier – the strong black medial moraine extending from the junction of 2 tributaries is what distinguishes this glacier from the many others in College...

Glacial Faces #2

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | July 10, 2016 at 1:17 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Yale Glacier, 20 miles long, varies in width from 1.25 to 2 miles wide at its terminus. Note the “rippled levels”. In its lower portion, the glacier slopes at...

The Many Glacial Faces of College Fjord – #1

Posted in: Alaska, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Scenic, Travel | July 10, 2016 at 1:07 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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On June 26, 1899, the George W. Elder navigated College Fjord with a party of scientists including John Muir, an Amherst College professor and glacier expert; and...

Grade “A” for this Gray Day

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | July 8, 2016 at 9:25 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Tip o’ the Day to Ya!

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | July 7, 2016 at 4:57 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Whenever I thought I had seen the most jagged, pointed peak ever, another one came along. Try as I might, I exhausted my research of the tallest summits surrounding...

Momentarily Gray

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | October 11, 2015 at 9:42 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Fortunately, rare were the times without sunshine, so when occasional ominous clouds rolled in, they provided a new and different palette of colors. ...