okee, my Alaska trip pics (photo heavy thread)

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I took well over a 100 photos and these are just the ones that stand out. If you want to see more, contact me. And sorry for most of these being big, but -- well -- it is Alaska after all, and you can't defy the Kodiak gods by cropping these treasures to bite size morsels.

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/hello_1.jpg
(my rental car)

The following were all taking on one of the Kenai Fjord cruises just south of Seward (We encountered a pod of 200 dolphins and porpoises half way through, but they're REALLY hard to photograph, so no photos there) :
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_1.jpg

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_2.jpg

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_3.jpg

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_4.jpg

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_5.jpg

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_6.jpg
(sea otter!)

And here are a few taken from the plane ride back...
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/plane_1.jpg
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/plane_2.jpg
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/plane_3.jpg

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

wow

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

gorgeous!

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

apsatively beauteous

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm such a sucker for mountains.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

that pic with the dirty blue ice is unbelievable!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

I nearly bought this apron...

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/bear_1.jpg

And some more Kenai Fjord cruise photos

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_7.jpg
(note the bald eagle on the right side of the bigger rock)

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_8.jpg

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_9.jpg

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_10.jpg

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_11.jpg
(stellar sea lions)

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_12.jpg
(you might make out the puffins on the rocks there)

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_13.jpg
(this is Three Hole Point.. guess why it's called that)

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_14.jpg

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

They really are stunning

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't think I've ever felt this close to feeling like I was inside an issue of National Geographic before. If you can do something like this once in your life, I highly recommend it.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

Spencer, that's the Aialik glacier, and the exposed rock underneath there is called Pyramid Rock. Apparently, a new face of ice gets unfolded every day. While we were there on the boat near that glacier, huge chunks of ice were falling off every three minutes or so. The perspective is really wacky, but we were actually a half a mile away. There was a 2-3 second delay between seeing the ice fall, and hearing it fall.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have more photos of that glacier... I might post more later.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'm utterly speechless here. More pix!

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

Glaciers flowing into the ocean -- and fjords in general, for that matter -- are treasures. Well done, sir! I will have to journey there myself one day.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

And last batch for now... photos of the Aialik glacier (for Chris and Spencer). It's worth noting that the temperature dropped from about 75F to about 62F at this point, given that big chunks of ice tend to make their own weather, so to speak. (It was even hotter inland.. it was in the mid to high 80F's in the Anchorage area this weekend)

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_15.jpg
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_16.jpg
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_17.jpg
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_18.jpg
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_19.jpg
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_20.jpg
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_21.jpg
http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/kenai_22.jpg

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

my god Brian, they're really breathtaking.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

I keep humming songs from Porcupine. And the first PM Dawn album for that matter.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

I played Capitol K's "Island Rows" on repeat on the way back... it feel really well.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

The reason for the blue shades in the ice is because those are the densest parts of the ice. The ice is so dense that only the highest frequency light, the ultra-blue spectrum/high intensity, is seen, as it refracts and bends so many times. It was entirely possibly a big enough ice chunk could have fallen such that the boat would have suffered a 25 foot swell.

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

As if I didn't miss mountains enough already. Thanks, asshole. ;-)

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 05:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

Man. .. I totally wanted to drive up the west coast to Alaska this summer. No money.

Next summer, absolutely.

― That Girl (thatgirl), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 07:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

Wow.

Sam, I'm coming with you.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 08:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

wow, those are just amazing, that is so cool that you got to do that. where exactly did you go? was it mostly a cruise, or were just the ones with the glaciers from a boat trip?

― colette (a2lette), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 09:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

Just discovered this thread...sounds like you had an awesome trip.
I hate to do this to y'all, but I live in Alaska, in Ketchikan, southeast
Alaska. I see most of this stuff every day when I look out the window.
(No ice or glaciers here, though, too far south). It's great, in many ways,
but it rains like a bitch and since we're on an island, not connected to
the road system, it can feel claustrophobic at times. It's still heaven if you
like the wilderness (I do but I take it for granted).

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 11:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

oh shit... how could i forget? This is the "talking" moose at the general gift store on 4th st. in Anchorage. It was quite pathetic. "Why thank you for stopping by our general store." "Keep in mind 300 of my neighbors live here, so please drive safely". All said in the voice of an indifferent teenage boy working a fast food shift.

http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/ile/alaska/moosehead_1.jpg

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 06:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Keep in mind 300 of my neighbors live here, so please drive safely".

Tell me this wasn't a stuffed, mounted, and animatronicized moose saying this.

― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 06:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

I can tell you it wasn't, but I'd be lying. (I'll reiterate, Anchorage is "meh" at best. You must ESCAPE Anchorage to see the good stuff)

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 06:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

So this moose died so that others might live. Kind of an inspiring story really.

― Chris P (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 06:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sounds like Alaska in general, I'd guess.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 14:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

one year passes...

I think I have to visit alaska, it is gorgeous here.

― cºzen (Cozen), Saturday, 28 August 2004 09:42 (twenty years ago) link

six years pass...

http://i.imgur.com/XMaPi.jpg

A solitary spruce tree, decorated with battery-powered holiday lights controlled by a timer, greets motorists traveling the Glenn Highway near Palmer, Alaska, on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)

― salvia divanorum (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link

I had lunch in palmer once

― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link

friend of mine just moved to anchorage...really wanna go visit. AK is like a dreamland for me

― kanellos (gbx), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link

was kinda surprised there is so much traffic, but it's near anchorage where most of alaska lives i guess

― salvia divanorum (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah xp

shame about the palins

but still, u got a great deal from the russians there

― salvia divanorum (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link

it was beautiful there but anchorage reminded me of a pennsylvania mining town

this was 15 years ago tho

― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link

highly recommend the reindeer sausage

― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link

enh, i think it's still like that from what i can tell, just with more native americans and less sunlight

― kanellos (gbx), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Alaska_collage_1.jpg

― salvia divanorum (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link

alaska's nominations for santorum.jpg

― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link

wikipedia collages are a reliable source of wtf

― salvia divanorum (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link

I repeat, reindeer sausage

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/reindeer-sausage.jpg

― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link

ho ho ho

― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link

I really loved Alaska when I visited, it's beautiful. I'm way too much of a whiner about snow to live there though.

― THX THO... (Nicole), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link

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