Seagulls on the Channel

Alaska Steamship Dock with the Marine Park Parking
Garage and Downtown Library (on the top floor) on the right.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 3:49 p.m. AST, October 19, 2011, © 2011

Rainbows

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The image is comprised of two merged photos.

Picture by David Kent, 3:43 p.m. ADT, September 30, 2011, © 2011

7:35 PM, September 1, 2011

Mt. Roberts with Celebrity Cruises Century at its foot.
Upper terminal of the Mt. Roberts Tramway is illuminated by the sun.

Picture by David Kent, 7:35 p.m. ADT, September 1, 2011, © 2011

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 far left is the Juneau-Douglas Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Alaska Marine Lines facility is on the top left. The AJ (cruise ship) Dock is at the far upper right corner. The light green petroleum tank farm is part of Delta Western’s 6 acre facility and the white petroleum tank farm is part of Taku Oil Sales’ 8.99 acre facilty.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 10:47 a.m. ADT, September 15, 2010, © 2011

Princess Cruises’ Sapphire Princess in the Juneau Harbor

AJ (Mine) Steam Power Plant Building on the left and Mt. Roberts in the background.

Picture by David Kent, 9:09 p.m. ADT, July 29, 2008, © 2011

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 Juneau International Airport are off the end of Douglas Island and the Mendenhall Peninsula and Auke Bay are beyond that.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 2:11 p.m. ADT, September 15, 2010, © 2010

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 baseball field with completion of the building in 1966. The view is from the 8th Level Plaza of the State Office Building with Gastineau Channel and Douglas Island in the background.

Picture by David Kent, 12:04 p.m. ADT, July 27, 2010, © 2010

A Muddy Gastineau Channel

Heavy Rain in the Gold Creek Watershed, Steep Mountains,
and Rushing and Meandering Gold Creek in Last Chance Basin
Results in…
Muddy Gastineau Channel.

Picture by David Kent, 4:12 p.m. ADT, August 25, 2006, © 2010

Holland America Line’s Westerdam Headed
for the Dock with Mt. Roberts in the Background

The upper terminal of the Mt. Roberts Tramway is visible on the mountain.

Picture by David Kent, 6:50 a.m. ADT, September 23, 2009, © 2009

Returning from a Construction Job

Barge on Gastineau Channel with construction equipment
returning from a construction site in Southeastern Alaska.

Picture by David Kent, 4:09 p.m. ADT, April 1, 2009, © 2009