Category: The Weekly Picture

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Granite Creek Basin with Olds Mountain This picture was taken 3.3 miles E/ENE of the State Capitol which is on 4th Street in downtown Juneau, Alaska. The peak of Olds Mountain, elevation 4,453 feet above mean sea level, is roughly 1-1/2 miles from where the photographer was standing at an elevation … Continue reading "Granite Creek Basin with Olds Mountain"

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Fog Over Gastineau Channel Picture by David Kent, 8:26 a.m. ADT, July 16, 2006, © 2006

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Iceberg Picture of iceberg taken from Steve and Winona Weber’s Adventure Bound at Holkham Bay 44 miles SE of Juneau, Alaska on a trip to Tracy Arm Fjord. Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 10:39 a.m. ADT, May 16, 2006, © 2006

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley and Beyond from High in the Sky Picture taken from a helicopter over Mendenhall Lake looking SW. Foreground: U.S.D.A. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Counter-clockwise from lower right: Mendenhall River, West Mendenhall Valley – stretching into the Mendenhall Peninsula in the upper center of the picture, Auke … Continue reading "Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley and Beyond from High in the Sky"

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Evening Sunshine on Mt. Roberts Gastineau Channel with Mt. Roberts on the right and the Mt. Juneau Ridge on the left. A Mountain Hemlock is at the far right. On June 20, 2006: Civil Twilight was at 2:33 a.m.; Sunrise was at 3:51 a.m; Sunset was at 10:08 p.m., for 18 … Continue reading "Evening Sunshine on Mt. Roberts"