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Photos of Alaska

Northern Lights

The northern lights dance across the sky and are reflected in Potter Marsh.

Mt. McKinley

Scattered clouds can't hide Mount McKinley in this view from an Alaska Airlines flight from Fairbanks to Anchorage recently.

Hiking and Biking

Snow began to gather on Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, but that didn't deter hikers from climbing it to take in the sunset.

Fall colors

Fall colors and no snow in Turnagain Pass on Friday, September 18, 2009.

Public gardens

Weeding between the rows of head lettuce is done by hand in a field in Palmer, Alaska. A succession planting of lettuce is done once a week for eleven weeks through the summer for continuous harvests that find their way to grocery stores and Farmer's Markets.

Alaska produces spectacular gardens with many plants that will grow successfully in our cool climate. Public gardens, garden tours, festivals, the Alaska State Fair and Farmer's Markets throughout the summer are all places to view the many and varied horticultural wonders of our state.

Bears in Alaska

A brown bear with two cubs wondered down from the cliffs along the Cook Inlet coast in the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary on the Alaska Peninsula. The bears fed on sea life scraped from the tidal rocks, fed on the plant life on the beach and mom nursed the cubs. The Alaska Department of fish and Game holds a lottery for permits to view the bears with the deadline for online application March 1, or they need to arrive in the Anchorage Office by March 1 for mailed applications.Photos and video: McNeil River bears »

Multimedia: The Bears of McNeil River

Kiteboarders

Kiteboarders enjoy a sunny windy day on Turnagain Arm across from Potter Marsh along the Seward Highway on Wednesday September 16, 2009.

Sandhill cranes

Sandhill Cranes take flight from a field at the Matanuska Experiment Station on Saturday August 22, 2009. The cranes have up to a 7 foot wing span and are among the tallest birds in the world. They gather into flocks for the migration south.

Alaska Aviation

An American Airlines Boeing 757 passenger jet is silhouetted by the setting sun on after taking off from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

Alaska's glaciers

A spire of ice is part of Portage Glacier's face on April 28, 2009.

Moose at Powerline Pass

Bull and cow moose gather in Powerline Pass in Chugach State Park above Anchorage on Saturday September 19, 2009. The moose gather annually for the fall rut.

Moose gather at Powerline Pass in Chugach State Park for the fall rut.

Scenic

Sunrise paints the flanks of Mount McKinley with a warm glow in Denali National Park.

Activities

In just a couple of hours, a group led by Pat Volmer, a guide for Glacier City Snowmobile Tours in Girdwood, reached iceberg-studded Spencer Lake in a hidden valley deep in the Chugach Range.

Wildlife

Bull moose joust as part of their fall mating ritual in Anchorage. More than a dozen moose were seen at one time on an October day on a softball field in South Anchorage.

Places

The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Church was built on a bluff overlooking Cook Inlet on the Kenai Peninsula in 1901.

Reader photos from Alaska

Alaska Wildlife sightings

Location: Anch, 11/02/09
Cleaning windows at the NAM building near Fireweed theater.

Location: Anch, 11/02/09 Cleaning windows at the NAM building near Fireweed theater.

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Moose sightings

Location: Anchorage, 10/20/09
Cow moose chillinon my front lawn in Anchorage

Location: Anchorage, 10/20/09 Cow moose chillinon my front lawn in Anchorage

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2009 Nice Catch: Salmon

Who: Shane Schoenlein
The Fish: Salmon - A Day's Limit Of Dime Bright Kenai Fall Silvers.
Location: Up River Of Bing's Landing

Who: Shane Schoenlein The Fish: Salmon - A Day's Limit Of Dime Bright Kenai Fall Silvers. Location: Up River Of Bing's Landing

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Reader-submitted: Mat-Su scenics

Location: Wasilla Lake, 10/13/09

Location: Wasilla Lake, 10/13/09

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Location: Flat Top - Anchorage, 09/18/09
First snowfall during hike at Flat - Top Moutain - Awesome!

Location: Flat Top - Anchorage, 09/18/09 First snowfall during hike at Flat - Top Moutain - Awesome!

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Location: Rodak Trail, Eagle River, 10/18/09
My Wife and I were Hiking along the Trail when we noticed someone was watching us. The watcher was ...

Location: Rodak Trail, Eagle River, 10/18/09 My Wife and I were Hiking along the Trail when we noticed someone was watching us. The watcher was ...

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Hunting gallery

Location: Sand Point, Alaska, 11/04/06
Buffalo hunt on Popof Island, part of the Shumagin Islands, south of the Alaskan Peninsula

Location: Sand Point, Alaska, 11/04/06 Buffalo hunt on Popof Island, part of the Shumagin Islands, south of the Alaskan Peninsula

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Location: Cadiz KY, 07/05/2008
I returned from Baghdad Iraq after a military deployment and built this cabin with my wife Ruth on a small farm I ...

Location: Cadiz KY, 07/05/2008 I returned from Baghdad Iraq after a military deployment and built this cabin with my wife Ruth on a small farm I ...

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2009 Nice Catch: Halibut

Who: Tim Rose and the usual suspects
The Fish: Halibut - Alot
Location: kachemak Bay

Who: Tim Rose and the usual suspects The Fish: Halibut - Alot Location: kachemak Bay

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Alaska volcanoes

Location: Ninilchik Beach, 07/04/09
Redoubt Volcano still rumbling, 9PM

Location: Ninilchik Beach, 07/04/09 Redoubt Volcano still rumbling, 9PM

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2009 Summer solstice

Location: The Snow Goose Rest
This was taken from the roof of the snowgooose at about 10:00pm

Location: The Snow Goose Rest This was taken from the roof of the snowgooose at about 10:00pm

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2009 Arctic Man

Location: arctic man 2009

Location: arctic man 2009

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2009 Iditarod: Reader-submitted

Location: Mouth of Hot Springs Slough
2009 Iron Dog 160 miles from the finish line

Location: Mouth of Hot Springs Slough 2009 Iron Dog 160 miles from the finish line

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Location: along Tok Cutoff Road
This guy was crossing the hwy and posed to be in a photo shoot! He was a beauty!

Location: along Tok Cutoff Road This guy was crossing the hwy and posed to be in a photo shoot! He was a beauty!

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