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A willet pauses for just a moment while foraging along the white quartz sands of Honeymoon Island State Park, Florida.⁠ ⁠ Willets are pretty common along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and were definitely one of my most frequent sightings during the couple of days I spent photographing birdlife at Honeymoon Island State Park. Their name comes from the loud and distinctive sound they make, often described as pill-will-willet. They are most vocal during their breeding season, when they call during territorial displays and flights.⁠ ⁠ While raising their young, both parents share the responsibility of incubating their eggs, with the male usually taking the overnight shift and the female incubating during the day. While many songbirds hatch pretty helpless, requiring constant feeding, willet chicks actually emerge remarkably independent, with their eyes open and their bodies covered in down. They are generally able to begin finding their own food almost immediately, leaving the nest within a day or two of hatching.⁠ ⁠ Willets have sensitive nerve endings near the tips of their bills and can actually detect prey concealed beneath the sand. They are even able to hunt at night due to this ability, instead of being restricted to daylight foraging. This particular willet was busy putting this skill to use on this evening, walking the shore, detecting prey, probing beneath the surface, quickly consuming its catch, and then moving on to the next opportunity.⁠ ⁠ #Willet #ShorebirdPhotography #BirdPhotography #FloridaBirding #HoneymoonIslandStatePark
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A willet pauses for just a moment while foraging along the white quartz sands of Honeymoon Island State Park, Florida.⁠ ⁠ Willets are pretty common along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and were definitely one of my most frequent sightings during the couple of days I spent photographing birdlife at Honeymoon Island State Park. Their name comes from the loud and distinctive sound they make, often described as pill-will-willet. They are most vocal during their breeding season, when they call during territorial displays and flights.⁠ ⁠ While raising their young, both parents share the responsibility of incubating their eggs, with the male usually taking the overnight shift and the female incubating during the day. While many songbirds hatch pretty helpless, requiring constant feeding, willet chicks actually emerge remarkably independent, with their eyes open and their bodies covered in down. They are generally able to begin finding their own food almost immediately, leaving the nest within a day or two of hatching.⁠ ⁠ Willets have sensitive nerve endings near the tips of their bills and can actually detect prey concealed beneath the sand. They are even able to hunt at night due to this ability, instead of being restricted to daylight foraging. This particular willet was busy putting this skill to use on this evening, walking the shore, detecting prey, probing beneath the surface, quickly consuming its catch, and then moving on to the next opportunity.⁠ ⁠ #Willet #ShorebirdPhotography #BirdPhotography #FloridaBirding #HoneymoonIslandStatePark
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A small herd of pronghorns rests among the grasses of Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.⁠ ⁠ As the fastest land animals in North America, pronghorns are capable of running as fast as 50 mph (80 km/h) when sprinting. But unlike other fast animals around the world, such as cheetahs, they have amazing endurance, being able to maintain high speeds over longer distances, rather than just in short bursts. They also have incredible eyesight, with their large and widely spaced eyes providing an almost 360-degree field of vision. They are able to detect movement from miles away, which works to their great advantage in areas such as Lamar Valley inside Yellowstone, where the sprawling grasslands contain a variety of predators.⁠ ⁠ Many refer to these animals as American antelope, with the classic American folk song “Home on the Range” even referring to a land where “the deer and the antelope play.” But this is actually a misnomer, as they belong to their own family, Antilocapridae. Similarly to true antelope, they have impressive horns, but those of pronghorns are quite unique. Most horned animals retain their horns throughout their lives, while animals such as deer and elk shed their antlers annually. Pronghorns, however, shed and regrow just their outer horn sheaths, leaving the inner bony horn cores permanently intact.⁠ ⁠ Although fairly easy to spot inside Lamar Valley, their population is relatively small in Yellowstone and the surrounding area, with only around 500–600 individuals estimated in 2024. I spotted this herd partway up one of the rolling hills inside Lamar Valley, venturing to a safe and respectful distance to take this photo before returning to the valley floor to leave them to rest undisturbed.⁠ ⁠ #Pronghorn #YellowstoneNationalPark #LamarValley #WildlifePhotography #YellowstoneWildlife
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A small herd of pronghorns rests among the grasses of Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.⁠ ⁠ As the fastest land animals in North America, pronghorns are capable of running as fast as 50 mph (80 km/h) when sprinting. But unlike other fast animals around the world, such as cheetahs, they have amazing endurance, being able to maintain high speeds over longer distances, rather than just in short bursts. They also have incredible eyesight, with their large and widely spaced eyes providing an almost 360-degree field of vision. They are able to detect movement from miles away, which works to their great advantage in areas such as Lamar Valley inside Yellowstone, where the sprawling grasslands contain a variety of predators.⁠ ⁠ Many refer to these animals as American antelope, with the classic American folk song “Home on the Range” even referring to a land where “the deer and the antelope play.” But this is actually a misnomer, as they belong to their own family, Antilocapridae. Similarly to true antelope, they have impressive horns, but those of pronghorns are quite unique. Most horned animals retain their horns throughout their lives, while animals such as deer and elk shed their antlers annually. Pronghorns, however, shed and regrow just their outer horn sheaths, leaving the inner bony horn cores permanently intact.⁠ ⁠ Although fairly easy to spot inside Lamar Valley, their population is relatively small in Yellowstone and the surrounding area, with only around 500–600 individuals estimated in 2024. I spotted this herd partway up one of the rolling hills inside Lamar Valley, venturing to a safe and respectful distance to take this photo before returning to the valley floor to leave them to rest undisturbed.⁠ ⁠ #Pronghorn #YellowstoneNationalPark #LamarValley #WildlifePhotography #YellowstoneWildlife
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Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
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Where rugged mountains meet icy waters, and the wild wonders of Kenai Fjords National Park reveal themselves.⁠ ⁠ Established in 1980, Kenai Fjords National Park protects approximately 670,000 acres of rugged Alaskan wilderness, with over 400 miles of coastline featuring massive cliffs, sea stacks, coastal rainforests, arches, and coves. As well as a whole lot of beautiful ice.⁠ ⁠ Understandably so, this park is not easy to access, with the vast majority of it being inaccessible by road. The only real ways to explore its incredible coastline and remote tidewater glaciers are by boat, kayak, or aircraft. One of the most practical and immersive ways to do so is on a sightseeing cruise. @kenaifjordstours was gracious enough to provide us with a cruise aboard their Classic Kenai Fjords National Park Tour as part of this photography collaboration.⁠ ⁠ The cruise itself was a perfect combination of landscapes and wildlife, with sightings of sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, puffins, orcas, mountain goats, and others.⁠ ⁠ About 50% of the park is covered in ice, much of it originating from the Harding Icefield, which formed more than 23,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is home to at least 38 glaciers flowing outward from it, with the highlight of this cruise focusing on Aialik Glacier, a tidewater glacier that terminates directly in the ocean. Here, we witnessed large sections of ice breaking away into the water, a process known as calving, accompanied by thunderous sounds.⁠ ⁠ Overall, this 6-hour tour was a definite highlight of the trip, and I would go on it again if I were fortunate enough to find myself in Seward. For a national park that has so much to offer but is so difficult to see, this really was the best way to do so.⁠ ⁠ #KenaiFjordsNationalPark #AialikGlacier #AlaskaPhotography #AlaskaWildlife #LandscapePhotography
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Two young fly agaric mushrooms emerge from the moss-covered forest floor of Southcentral Alaska.⁠ ⁠ They may look inviting and delicious, even resembling bright red, hard sugar-coated candy apples with a sprinkling of nuts atop them. But they are quite the opposite… poisonous and certainly should not be eaten. The worst-case scenario would be death, although extremely rare, while milder cases involve stomach cramps, dizziness and hallucinations, due to their psychoactive effects.⁠ ⁠ But don’t tell that to Mario and Alice in Wonderland, as the mushrooms featured in those universes are thought to be inspired by the fly agaric mushroom, with both characters changing in physical size after consumption.⁠ ⁠ While poisonous to most creatures, they actually form beneficial partnerships with the trees they live amongst. The fungal filaments spread through the soil beneath trees, effectively extending the reach of the tree’s root systems, providing access to nutrients and water beyond what the roots can normally access. In exchange for the benefit they provide the trees, the fungi receive sugars produced by the trees through photosynthesis.
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Two young fly agaric mushrooms emerge from the moss-covered forest floor of Southcentral Alaska.⁠ ⁠ They may look inviting and delicious, even resembling bright red, hard sugar-coated candy apples with a sprinkling of nuts atop them. But they are quite the opposite… poisonous and certainly should not be eaten. The worst-case scenario would be death, although extremely rare, while milder cases involve stomach cramps, dizziness and hallucinations, due to their psychoactive effects.⁠ ⁠ But don’t tell that to Mario and Alice in Wonderland, as the mushrooms featured in those universes are thought to be inspired by the fly agaric mushroom, with both characters changing in physical size after consumption.⁠ ⁠ While poisonous to most creatures, they actually form beneficial partnerships with the trees they live amongst. The fungal filaments spread through the soil beneath trees, effectively extending the reach of the tree’s root systems, providing access to nutrients and water beyond what the roots can normally access. In exchange for the benefit they provide the trees, the fungi receive sugars produced by the trees through photosynthesis.
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A quiet, foggy morning looking down the historic Old Knik Bridge in Palmer, Alaska.⁠ ⁠ Completed in 1936, this bridge crosses the Knik River, connecting Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley at a time when the Palmer area was a growing agricultural community. The bridge consisted of six 250-foot steel camelback truss spans, along with roughly 500 feet of trestle approach, and helped establish the first highway connection between Anchorage, Palmer and the surrounding communities. Almost 40 years later it closed to automobile traffic, after a newer bridge opened alongside it in 1975, now serving as a walking path.⁠ ⁠ This was my final morning on a recent trip to Alaska, departing the Palmer area to head off for Anchorage, flying home that evening. It rained throughout the night, and the rising fog layer this morning created a mysterious yet serene atmosphere, visually separating the bridge deck and the towering mountains behind it with a flowing blanket of fog.
A quiet, foggy morning looking down the historic Old Knik Bridge in Palmer, Alaska.⁠ ⁠ Completed in 1936, this bridge crosses the Knik River, connecting Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley at a time when the Palmer area was a growing agricultural community. The bridge consisted of six 250-foot steel camelback truss spans, along with roughly 500 feet of trestle approach, and helped establish the first highway connection between Anchorage, Palmer and the surrounding communities. Almost 40 years later it closed to automobile traffic, after a newer bridge opened alongside it in 1975, now serving as a walking path.⁠ ⁠ This was my final morning on a recent trip to Alaska, departing the Palmer area to head off for Anchorage, flying home that evening. It rained throughout the night, and the rising fog layer this morning created a mysterious yet serene atmosphere, visually separating the bridge deck and the towering mountains behind it with a flowing blanket of fog.
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A quiet, foggy morning looking down the historic Old Knik Bridge in Palmer, Alaska.⁠ ⁠ Completed in 1936, this bridge crosses the Knik River, connecting Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley at a time when the Palmer area was a growing agricultural community. The bridge consisted of six 250-foot steel camelback truss spans, along with roughly 500 feet of trestle approach, and helped establish the first highway connection between Anchorage, Palmer and the surrounding communities. Almost 40 years later it closed to automobile traffic, after a newer bridge opened alongside it in 1975, now serving as a walking path.⁠ ⁠ This was my final morning on a recent trip to Alaska, departing the Palmer area to head off for Anchorage, flying home that evening. It rained throughout the night, and the rising fog layer this morning created a mysterious yet serene atmosphere, visually separating the bridge deck and the towering mountains behind it with a flowing blanket of fog.
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Looking up through the narrow and flowing sandstone walls of Lower Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona.⁠ ⁠ I recently posted a photo I took inside Upper Antelope Canyon on my trip to Page, Arizona. But almost equally as popular and beautiful is the nearby Lower Antelope Canyon. Both are slot canyons, with Upper having more of an A-shaped profile, gradually getting narrower toward the top, while Lower has more of a V-shaped profile, gradually opening up toward the top. One thing is the same, though: both were born from ancient sand dunes that eventually hardened into sandstone before being carved into the canyons we see today.⁠ ⁠ The wave-like patterns formed in the sandstone in this photo were primarily sculpted by the very thing they resemble: flowing water. While weathering from wind certainly plays a role in shaping exposed sandstone, flash floods are the major sculpting force inside these narrow canyons. Water forcing its way through the confined passages carries sand, gravel and other debris with it, which act as abrasives, gradually cutting deeper into the sandstone as they pass. This means that the work of art that is Lower Antelope Canyon is not a finished one, but a landscape that continues to change with every significant flood.
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Looking up through the narrow and flowing sandstone walls of Lower Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona.⁠ ⁠ I recently posted a photo I took inside Upper Antelope Canyon on my trip to Page, Arizona. But almost equally as popular and beautiful is the nearby Lower Antelope Canyon. Both are slot canyons, with Upper having more of an A-shaped profile, gradually getting narrower toward the top, while Lower has more of a V-shaped profile, gradually opening up toward the top. One thing is the same, though: both were born from ancient sand dunes that eventually hardened into sandstone before being carved into the canyons we see today.⁠ ⁠ The wave-like patterns formed in the sandstone in this photo were primarily sculpted by the very thing they resemble: flowing water. While weathering from wind certainly plays a role in shaping exposed sandstone, flash floods are the major sculpting force inside these narrow canyons. Water forcing its way through the confined passages carries sand, gravel and other debris with it, which act as abrasives, gradually cutting deeper into the sandstone as they pass. This means that the work of art that is Lower Antelope Canyon is not a finished one, but a landscape that continues to change with every significant flood.
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Two large mushroom hoodoos rise from a cross-bedded sandstone base beneath a sky filled with cumulus clouds in northern Arizona.⁠ ⁠ What was probably my favorite place to photograph during my brief trip to Page, Arizona, Stud Horse Point is an area that sits on a mesa near the Arizona-Utah border, where a concentration of these unique hoodoo formations can be found.⁠ ⁠ Much of the sandstone here is cross-bedded, a feature created when layers of sand were deposited at angles along the slopes of ancient dunes before eventually becoming solid rock. Those layers remain visible today as sweeping bands through the sandstone, preserving evidence of the direction and movement of sediment across this ancient landscape.⁠ ⁠ The hoodoos themselves form through differential erosion, where a harder layer of caprock resists weathering better than the softer material beneath it. As the surrounding rock gradually erodes away, the caprock acts somewhat like a stone umbrella, slowing the erosion of the narrower pedestal directly below it and helping preserve the distinctive mushroom-shaped formation.
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Two large mushroom hoodoos rise from a cross-bedded sandstone base beneath a sky filled with cumulus clouds in northern Arizona.⁠ ⁠ What was probably my favorite place to photograph during my brief trip to Page, Arizona, Stud Horse Point is an area that sits on a mesa near the Arizona-Utah border, where a concentration of these unique hoodoo formations can be found.⁠ ⁠ Much of the sandstone here is cross-bedded, a feature created when layers of sand were deposited at angles along the slopes of ancient dunes before eventually becoming solid rock. Those layers remain visible today as sweeping bands through the sandstone, preserving evidence of the direction and movement of sediment across this ancient landscape.⁠ ⁠ The hoodoos themselves form through differential erosion, where a harder layer of caprock resists weathering better than the softer material beneath it. As the surrounding rock gradually erodes away, the caprock acts somewhat like a stone umbrella, slowing the erosion of the narrower pedestal directly below it and helping preserve the distinctive mushroom-shaped formation.
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A Laughing Gull vigorously shakes the backbone of a fish on the shores of Honeymoon Island State Park, Florida.⁠ ⁠ Laughing Gulls are found along the coasts of North, Central and South America, generally sticking close to the water and rarely venturing far inland. They are extremely opportunistic feeders, helping themselves to fish, squid, crabs, snails, insects, berries and just about any other morsel of food that comes their way, including those provided, intentionally or otherwise, by humans.⁠ ⁠ Since this Laughing Gull was seen in an area rich in predatory bird life, it is entirely possible that the backbone in its mouth came from a fish it didn’t even catch itself. Opportunistic by nature, Laughing Gulls readily scavenge the remains of meals left behind by other animals. They are certainly capable of catching fish themselves, but they are also more than willing to take advantage of someone else’s catch when given the opportunity.⁠ ⁠ Fish are a particularly valuable source of protein and fat, and even a section of backbone like this one can have plenty of edible tissue still attached. To get at those remaining pieces, the gull needs to manipulate and reposition the remains with its bill until it can grab and tear off something edible. In this case, that process involved vigorously shaking the fish backbone around, sending droplets of water flying through the air and creating the moment captured in this photograph.
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A Laughing Gull vigorously shakes the backbone of a fish on the shores of Honeymoon Island State Park, Florida.⁠ ⁠ Laughing Gulls are found along the coasts of North, Central and South America, generally sticking close to the water and rarely venturing far inland. They are extremely opportunistic feeders, helping themselves to fish, squid, crabs, snails, insects, berries and just about any other morsel of food that comes their way, including those provided, intentionally or otherwise, by humans.⁠ ⁠ Since this Laughing Gull was seen in an area rich in predatory bird life, it is entirely possible that the backbone in its mouth came from a fish it didn’t even catch itself. Opportunistic by nature, Laughing Gulls readily scavenge the remains of meals left behind by other animals. They are certainly capable of catching fish themselves, but they are also more than willing to take advantage of someone else’s catch when given the opportunity.⁠ ⁠ Fish are a particularly valuable source of protein and fat, and even a section of backbone like this one can have plenty of edible tissue still attached. To get at those remaining pieces, the gull needs to manipulate and reposition the remains with its bill until it can grab and tear off something edible. In this case, that process involved vigorously shaking the fish backbone around, sending droplets of water flying through the air and creating the moment captured in this photograph.
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The Colorado River makes a U-turn as the sun sets behind Horseshoe Bend at the end of a windy day in Page, Arizona.⁠ ⁠ This area of Glen Canyon is where the Colorado River makes its approximately 270-degree turn, creating the aptly named Horseshoe Bend. The rim of the canyon here sits roughly 1,000 feet (305 m) above the river, making the scale of this massive bend difficult to fully capture in a photograph.⁠ ⁠ What is likely the most beautiful and well-known location in Page, I knew I wanted to spend at least one evening here capturing the sunset, which would turn out to be more difficult than I expected. I ended up going three nights in a row, with all three having either complete or partial cloud cover. In addition to the clouds, the wind proved to be a bigger opponent to my photography than I anticipated. This overlook is extremely exposed, with almost no vegetation or surrounding terrain to provide shelter, leaving you to experience the full force of the high desert wind when it picks up. As if standing on the edge of a 1,000-foot cliff isn’t nerve-wracking enough, adding strong, sandblasting gusts on top of it only adds to the excitement.
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The Colorado River makes a U-turn as the sun sets behind Horseshoe Bend at the end of a windy day in Page, Arizona.⁠ ⁠ This area of Glen Canyon is where the Colorado River makes its approximately 270-degree turn, creating the aptly named Horseshoe Bend. The rim of the canyon here sits roughly 1,000 feet (305 m) above the river, making the scale of this massive bend difficult to fully capture in a photograph.⁠ ⁠ What is likely the most beautiful and well-known location in Page, I knew I wanted to spend at least one evening here capturing the sunset, which would turn out to be more difficult than I expected. I ended up going three nights in a row, with all three having either complete or partial cloud cover. In addition to the clouds, the wind proved to be a bigger opponent to my photography than I anticipated. This overlook is extremely exposed, with almost no vegetation or surrounding terrain to provide shelter, leaving you to experience the full force of the high desert wind when it picks up. As if standing on the edge of a 1,000-foot cliff isn’t nerve-wracking enough, adding strong, sandblasting gusts on top of it only adds to the excitement.
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