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Reader Joe Dickinson sent a second moiety of his three-part series on Alaska (his first set is here). Joe’s notes are indented:
I’ll begin with another shot of Denali from the train just because it was so stunning for the entire trip.
Here are more brown [grizzly] bears (Ursus arctos) fishing. You can probably tell from barnacles, seaweed and the like encrusting the rocks that these are in salt water channels, but they are near salmon streams.
Also a couple more orcas (Orcinus orca), one blowing and the second just because I like the glossy texture of the water.
Here is clump of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) with a male only recently out of the water at the top.
Another sounding humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) shows us its flukes. The hump from which they get their common name shows nicely in the first shot.
This one blew just before sounding, and the setting also is nice.
When I was little I discovered I could invoke an illusion really close to the Denali picture when it was a blue sky with big clouds and I was low enough near a good section of trees. I can still do it. It’s very interesting.
“…the setting is also nice.” That’s putting it rather mildly😼. Alaska just elevated several notches on my bucket list (as if it weren’t close to the top already).
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Glorious photos, Joe. I especially love the grizzlies.
Great shots Joe. Alaska is calling to me.
Wonderful pictures! Just seeing those things for real must be highly treasured memories.
Fantastic photos! They are a good reminder of why I would like to visit Alaska in the next few years. What month did you visit?
It was late July and into August.
So who wins a fight between an orca and a grizzly bear?
I’d put my money on the orca unless we’re talking about a beached whale.
The wet male is funny (to me at least) – looks like an obese dog.