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Clouds to the Southeast

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Clouds to the Southeast

Slopes of Douglas Island at the lower right.
Picture by David Kent, 6:50 p.m. ADT, July 21, 2011, © 2011

The AJ Rock Dump - 2,500 feet Below

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The AJ Rock Dump - 2,500 feet Below

Picture taken from Mt. Roberts. Douglas, Alaska on Douglas Island is visble across Gastineau Channel from Mt. Roberts on the mainland. Lawson Creek and a small part of the Lawson Creek Delta is visible at the far upper right. On the Rock Dump at the [...]

Mt. Bradley (Mt. Jumbo) from Nowell Avenue

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Mt. Bradley (Mt. Jumbo) from Nowell Avenue

Picture by David Kent, 6:30 a.m. ADT, April 27, 2011, © 2011

Coming down the Mt. Roberts Trail

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Coming down the Mt. Roberts Trail

Douglas Island is on the left and Mt. Juneau on the right with Gastineau Channel and downtown Juneau (including the Federal Building, Harris Harbor, and Aurora Basin) between. The Chilkat Mountains on the far side of Lynn Canal are in the far distance; the Mendenhall wetlands with [...]

The Box that Juneau Came In

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The Juneau Federal Building and Post Office

The building was officially re-named on May 13, 1999 as the Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building after the man who was the federal government’s civil engineer in charge of construction. Ground breaking ceremonies were held July 8, 1963 at the site of the former Fireman’s Park [...]