Alaska Pictures

An Alaska bush plane flying over the Talkeetna Mountains.

An alpenglow sky over Skilak Lake and the Chugach Mountains.

A Kenai Peninsula lake with a mountain and sunset clouds in the background.

Root Glacier at Stairway Icefall, Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Alaska.

An arctic tern in flight with clouds in the background.

A Nootka lupine wildflower.

An Alaska grizzly bear walks the edge of a stream (a.k.a. brown bear).

Scalloped ice on a weathered iceberg. The ice in the foreground is darkened by soil scoured from the mountainsides.

Alaska grizzly bears walking through tall grass (a.k.a. brown bears).

Two arctic terns chasing a herring gull away from their nesting area.

A rock formation near the Chiswell Islands in the northern Gulf of Alaska.

Kamishak Bay with mountains and sunlight breaking through storm clouds in the background.

Morning alpenglow lights Redoubt volcano and Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Iliamna volcano and Cook Inlet tide flats as seen from the mouth of the Kasilof River at sunset.

An alpenglow sky and full moon over Redoubt volcano and nearly frozen Cook Inlet.

Trees along the shoreline of Skilak Lake.

A man holding a large yelloweye rockfish caught from Cook Inlet, Alaska. This species is also known as turkey-red rockfish and is mistakenly referred to as red snapper. Home range is Gulf of Alaska to northern Baja. Visit <a href="http://www.alaskafishingtrips.biz/" target="_blank"><u>Alaska fishing trips</u></a> to book an awesome saltwater fishing charter.

An incoming bald eagle flying with talons out.

An Alaskan moose among willows showing autumn colors.

A bald eagle flying.

An Alaskan brown bear fiercely defending one of her cubs. Actual fights such as this are rare.

Mount Redoubt volcano and Cook Inlet tidal flats at sunset.

An angry bear with its jaw open.

Grass and sky colors reflected on a mirror-calm lake. The colors are from alpenglow light and the Earth's shadow reflected on water.