A short telephoto, 85mm, to pull in some detail from a peak seen from the Icefields Parkway
Clouds
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Aug 11
Canada and Alaska 2011–Peak Detail 2
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Aug 11
Canada and Alaska 2011–Peak Detail
As snow clouds descended, this mountain peak came in and out of visibility. Taken from the Icefields Parkway near Bow Lake.
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Aug 11
Canada and Alaska 2011–Bow Lake
A small glacial lake along the Icefields Parkway. There are views of the Bow Glacier and the Crowfoot Glacier. I am still amazed by turquoise colored ice.
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Aug 11
Canada and Alaska 2011–Pulpit Peak
A look up into the snow storm dropping over the mountains. I was worried that I might need chains later in the day, but, fortunately, that didn’t happen. The storm added drama to an already magnificent view.
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Aug 11
Canada and Alaska 2011–Hector Lake
Hector Lake, one of many small lakes that line the Icefields Parkway. It is the second lake from the headwaters of the Bow River.
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Aug 11
Canada and Alaska 2011–IceFields Parkway
The Icefields Parkway is a side highway that connects Banff National Park and Jasper National Park. It travels by icefields, glaciers and some of the most breathtaking mountain scenery in the world. A snow storm was coming in and obscured some of the peaks. The view may have been obscured, but it was mysterious and magical. This is a detail of Pulpit Peak.
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Jul 11
Canada and Alaska 2011–The Banff Formation
In May of this year I drove a motor home from Forest City, Iowa to Anchorage, Alaska. I spent 18 days driving through the northern United States, British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon Territory and Alaska. It was a privilege to drive by some of the most spectacular mountain ranges, rivers and waterfalls on the planet. This formation is sedimentary, primarily shale and limestone. It is near Banff, a town site and the headquarters of the Banff National Park in Alberta.
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Jul 11
Graffiti Fence
Whether graffiti is art or not is a controversial question. Like it or not, occasionally graffiti brightens what otherwise would be a community eyesore. This is a fence screening an industrial junkyard in Fresno, California. It contrasted nicely with the dramatic skies in the background.
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Apr 11
Anza-Borrego State Park–Sunset Light Rays
Crepuscular rays of sunlight stream through clouds above the peaks that surround the Palm Canyon campground in the Anza-Borrego State Park. Sometimes called God Rays, they seem to radiate from a single point and often stream through gaps in clouds.