Devil’s Club provides shelter for angel wings along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Devil’s Club provides shelter for angel wings along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Wild Shots

To showcase our readers’ work to the widest possible audience, Wild Shots have been moved in front of the Juneau Empire’s paywall. Don’t have a subscription, but want one? Visit our subscriber center by clicking here.

The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to editor@juneauempire.com. For all photos include the name of the photographer, a description of what is shown in the picture, when it was taken and any other pertinent information. Images will run as space allows. Images with watermarks cannot be published.

[To see a collection of over 100 photos taken by readers in 2019 and 2020, click here.]

[To see Wild Shots for June 2020, click here.]

[To see Wild Shots for July and August 2020, click here]

[To see Wild Shots for late August and September 2020, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from late September and October 2020, click here]

To see Wild Shots from November and early December 2020, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from December 2020, January 2021 and February 2021, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from February 2021 through March 2021, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from April, May and June 2021, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from July and August 2021, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from August through October 2021, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from November through December 2021, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from late December 2021 through February 2022, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from late February 2022 through May 2022, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from May 2022 all the way through November 2022, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from December 2022 through mid-February 2023, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from February 2023 through April 2023, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from May 2023, click here]

[To see Wild Shots from early June 2023, click here and here]

[To see Wild Shots from late June 2023, click here, here and here]

[To see Wild Shots from July 2023, click here, here and here and here]

[To see Wild Shots from August 2023, click here]

A washed-up skull on the beach in Craig on Sept. 8. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A washed-up skull on the beach in Craig on Sept. 8. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A sunflower on a rainy late summer morning on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 15. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A sunflower on a rainy late summer morning on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 15. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A mushroom hides beneath some ferns on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 9. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A mushroom hides beneath some ferns on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 9. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A fuzzy caterpillar munches on a leaf on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 10. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A fuzzy caterpillar munches on a leaf on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 10. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A brightly colored mushroom hangs off the side of a tree on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 8. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

A brightly colored mushroom hangs off the side of a tree on Prince of Wales Island on Sept. 8. (Photo by Marti Crutcher)

What appears to be slime mold grows on a tree along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

What appears to be slime mold grows on a tree along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Angel wings on the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Angel wings on the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

A cluster of mushrooms on the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

A cluster of mushrooms on the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Mushrooms and undergrowth along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

Mushrooms and undergrowth along the Dzantik’i Heeni Loop Trail on Sept. 16. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

A double rainbow in Douglas on Sept. 15. (Photo by Kenneth Weimer)

A double rainbow in Douglas on Sept. 15. (Photo by Kenneth Weimer)

Dredge Lakes on a rainy day, submitted on Sept. 17. (Photo by Deborah Rudis)

Dredge Lakes on a rainy day, submitted on Sept. 17. (Photo by Deborah Rudis)

More in News

The Norwegian Sun in port on Oct. 25, 2023. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
Ships in port for t​​he week of May 4

Here’s what to expect this week.

Deputy Mayor Michelle Bonnet Hale (left) talks with Assembly members (from right to left) Alicia Hughes-Skandijs, Wáahlaal Gíidaak Barbara Blake and Ella Adkison following an Assembly Finance Committee meeting Wednesday night. Hale and Blake, whose terms expire this fall, say they are not seeking reelection. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Two Assembly members say they won’t seek reelection ahead of annual ‘run for office’ workshop

Michelle Bonnet Hale and Wáahlaal Gíidaak Barbara Blake cite family and time considerations.

The Boney Courthouse building in Anchorage holds the Alaska Supreme Court chambers. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
Alaska Supreme Court schedules June 25 hearing for homeschool lawsuit appeal

Arguments to occur five days before the end of a hold on the lower court’s ruling.

Members of the Alaska House of Representatives consider artificial intelligence legislation on Wednesday during a break in a session of the Alaska House of Representatives. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Debating faked images and video, Alaska lawmakers say AI could eventually be a person

Correction: The bill’s sponsor and Vance’s role on the House Judiciary Committee… Continue reading

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)
Police calls for Tuesday, May 7, 2024

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

Rep. Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, speaks on the House floor in 2023. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
By wide, bipartisan margin, Alaska House puts finishing touches on state capital budget

The Alaska House of Representatives approved a major increase to state spending… Continue reading

Hiker Linda Kruger reaches Father Brown’s Cross on Mount Roberts in this July 2020 photo. Kruger has organized the annual trail race to the cross for the past ten years. This year’s race is scheduled for Saturday, July 6, although the cross is no longer there. (Photo courtesy Jeff Gnass)
Crossed off: Famous Mount Roberts cross lies flat

Father Brown’s Cross destroyed during winter for reasons not fully known; restoration plans underway.

With snow steadily falling and daylight fading, career fair participants pitched in with a final task for Angoon. Earlier in the season, the boys’ basketball team had split firewood as a fundraiser. Wood stoves heat many of the older homes in Angoon. They are a reprieve from high electricity and fuel prices, but only as long as a household can chop and move their own firewood — making the deliveries a lifeline for elders and their families. Participants help load and deliver firewood to elders and families in need. (Photo by Jenny Starrs)
Resilient Peoples and Place: An energy-secure Angoon

Career fairs involve youth in community’s future.

Cars drive past the building where the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is headquartered on Sept. 21, 2023. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)
Accusations of threats, closed-door decisions and other improprieties raised at Permanent Fund board meeting

Special meeting resulting from leak of emails about one board member leads to wider allegations.

Most Read