August 31, 2007

• Weekly Photo Challenge – Mountains and Hills

  This week’s subject is suggested by Rainydame:

  Mountains and Hills.

  
  
  Here in the Susitna Valley I am surrounded by mountains.

  To the east (beneath the clouds below) is the Talkeetna Range.
  

  To the south and west is the Chugach Range.
  

  To the north and west is the Alaska Range.
  
   
  Dominating the Alaska Range, the local skyline, and the North American continent, is Denali (AKA Mount McKinley).
  
  Sometimes, you can see him shining clear and bright in the sun.
  

  
  Late at night in the months of the Midnight Sun, he is just a silhouette.
  

  On hazy days when atmospheric conditions are right, like the Fata Morgana he appears to float in the sky.  Visitors unfamiliar with his profile sometimes don’t believe they’re seeing a mountain, thinking it’s a cloud.
   

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