Landscape photos from Denali National Park, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Kenai Peninsula, the Chugach Mountains, and North Georgia Mountains, Appalachia.
"The question is not whether we must save the natural scene, but how we may accomplish it." -- Ansel Adams.
Landscapes 2 and Landscapes 3.
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The total freedom and solitude of the wilderness is embossed into the human spirit. Our own passion for freedom echoes the natural world, its unbridled beauty, enduring reality, and its ever-changing presence. The preservation of wild places is imperative to our connection with our deeper selves. The human spirit, whether in melancholy or in exhultation, NEEDS the natural world, the freedom of the wilderness.
These landscape photographs were taken during my hiking, backpacking and travel trips across North America, From Northern reaches of Alaska (Denali National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Chugach Mountains, Kenai Peninsula) to the southeast climes of Southern Appalachia (North Georgia Mountains, Cohutta Wilderness).
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Denali, Mt McKinley, highest peak in the North America, Denali National Park, Alaska. |
Evening light strikes the Chugach Range, Alaska. |
Winter in the Rocky Mountains, Canadian Rockies. |
A winter's evening in frozen Alaska, along the Iditarod Trail. |
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Waterfall in the Chugach mountains, Alaska. |
Spiderwort in bloom, Georgia. |
View from high on the Resurrection Pass Trail, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. |
Spring bloom in the alpine highcountry of the Chugach Range, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska. |
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The evening view from MacColl Ridge, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska. |
Resurrection Pass Trail borders Juneau Lake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. |
Dwarf fireweed overlooks an awesome alpine valley, Wrangell-St. Elias national Park, Alaska. |
Chitistone Valley, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska. |
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A lone aspen leaf predicts fall in the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. |
Skolai Pass, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
Autumn colors along Jack's River, North Georgia, Appalachian mountains. |
Fall along the trail, Cohutta Wilderness, Southern Appalachian mountains, North Georgia. |