Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Published 2:30 am Saturday, November 6, 2021
This photo shows the Dec. 19 sunrise. (Courtesy Phoyo / Lauren Verrelli)
This photo shows the Dec. 19 sunrise. (Courtesy Phoyo / Lauren Verrelli)
This photo was taken along Boy Scout Beach on Dec. 18. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
Icy fangs await a passing intruder along the Boy Scout trail on Dec. 18, 2021. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
Brushy hoarfrost coats rusty menziesia along the Peterson Creek trail on Dec. 15, 2021. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
Views of downtown Juneau on the morning of Dec. 15. (Courtesy Photo / Asia Ver)
Winter covered Blackberry Ridge overlooking Lemon Creek. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
Common mergansers swim in Don D. Statter Harbor. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
Pacific loons swim in between the boats at Don D. Statter Harbor. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
This photo was taken along the Mendenhall Wetlands Trail on Dec. 11. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
The path to Mount McGinnis on Dec. 1, 2021. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
This photo shows winter adult long-tailed ducks in Auke Bay. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
Dogs love romping in the downtown whale park as seen on Dec. 6, 2021.
Foam bubbles froze to a twig, creating a frozen foam flower on Dec. 11. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
This photo taken on Dec. 1 shows the sun at Mendenhall Campground. (Courtesy Photo / Deborah Rudis)
Thin ice sheets form near the Mendenhall Glacier in early November. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
Two bald eagles reflect on winter Out the Road on Saturday, Nov. 27. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
This photo was taken Saturday along the Kaxdigoowu Heen Dei (Brotherhood Bridge Trail). (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
Large icebergs in Mendenhall Lake portend a rapidly shrinking glacier on Nov. 7.(Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
This photo shows icy formations on a tumultuous Dupont trail creek. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
A northern pygmy owl appears from the woods on Nov. 15. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
A northern red oak leaf is seen in Marine Park before the snowfall in early November.(Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
“Winter has arrived!” writes Deborah Rudis of this photo. (Courtesy Photo / Deborah Rudis)
Fading fast — bunchberries along Treadwell Ditch Trail on Nov. 6. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
This photo was taken Nov. 13 along the Montana Creek Trail. (Courtesy Phoyo / Deana Barajas)
Crystalline ice forms on the edge of Treadwell Ditch on Nov. 6. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
This Nov. 7 photo shows hair frost. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
As clouds dissipate, a rainbow appears along the side of Mount Juneau on Nov. 6. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
This photo shows the aurora borealis the morning of Nov. 4 at Lena Point. (Courtesy Photo / Tom Taylor)
This photo shows the aurora borealis the morning of Nov. 4 at Lena Point. (Courtesy Photo / Tom Taylor)
An osprey flies low over Juneau marshlands. (Courtesy photo / Karina Buckland)
Bald Eagle takes flight from ship’s mast in Don D. Statter Harbor on Nov.1. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)
A frosty morning on the Perseverance Trail on Oct. 31. (Courtesy Photo / Bill Andrews)
Didn’t the post office used to say neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow would stop them? However, this mail has been waiting for an eternity. (Courtesy Photo/ Deana Barajas)
This photo shows tracks in a tree. (Courtesy Photo / Deana Barajas)
The boomerang look of Nugget Falls on Mendenhall Lake on Oct. 31. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
Two quackers chat it up in a downtown yard on Oct. 26. (Courtesy Photo / Denise Carroll)
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