Alaskan snow and Ice: Turnagain Arm and Girdwood; Alaska January 2017
Sep 17, 2017 23:21:13 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
Turnagain Arm is quite interesting, due to the tide's being so high. That ice moves like a river in the middle of a ice lake. But it is not a lake, and not a river, its a inlet. And quite beautiful, I might add.
Girdwood is part of Anchorage, but separated by several miles.
Girdwood is part of Anchorage, but separated by several miles.
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Quite a few Icicles along the way, colorful, but hard to get that 'perfect' shot.
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Thought this location looked sooo much like a Christmas scene.
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Sep 17, 2017 23:53:05 #
Sep 18, 2017 08:46:03 #
Sep 18, 2017 13:17:55 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
blacks2 wrote:
Now Doug that looks cold. 
Wasn't too bad that particular day, but still cold. The funny thing was, while in Girdwood, we saw a young kid taking out the trash, in shorts!
Sep 18, 2017 13:27:37 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
jerryc41 wrote:
Nice, but too cold!
That day the temps were something like low of 32 to high 38F. Quite tolerable.
The temps in Girdwood in January this year ranged from 40 F, to -12.
Being near the ocean, temps are usually not too extreme at this location.
Sep 18, 2017 23:23:54 #
Very good shots, (brrrrrrrrrr!) Doug! I, too, think your last shot looks like a Christmas scene!
Sep 18, 2017 23:54:54 #
Sep 19, 2017 00:23:43 #
Your first shot - I took that same pic from what seems to be the same place, but in June. Not quite as nice, the water is almost grey during the summer.
Trivia - 2nd highest tide change in the world on Turnagin.
Trivia - 2nd highest tide change in the world on Turnagin.
Sep 19, 2017 08:58:05 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
sailorsmom wrote:
Very good shots, (brrrrrrrrrr!) Doug! I, too, think your last shot looks like a Christmas scene!
Thanks for the great comment. Neat place, with lots of photo opportunities.
Sep 19, 2017 08:59:32 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
divergeorge wrote:
The last one is my favorite. Wow!
That one is a favorite of mine, also. Thanks for the Wow!
Sep 19, 2017 09:11:52 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
Tinkwmobile wrote:
Your first shot - I took that same pic from what seems to be the same place, but in June. Not quite as nice, the water is almost grey during the summer.
Trivia - 2nd highest tide change in the world on Turnagin.
Trivia - 2nd highest tide change in the world on Turnagin.
Love the turnouts along that stretch. I too have taken photos in June at the same location. On that day, the tide was out, and it was MUD flats and gully's. On this winter day, on the way to Girdwood, the tide was still coming in. There was a channel out there in the ice, not far from shore, that was moving fairly fast. When we returned, everything was still. I wondered if most/all of the ice moved out with the tide. Wasn't there to see.
Oct 8, 2020 16:46:37 #
Oct 8, 2020 21:37:47 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
I think it snowed about a foot the January night of 2017, after we arrived. Curious to me, the snow was mostly not deep! Around 1 ft. most of the places we visited that winter, except one place on the Dalton Hwy, it was over 3 ft (I stepped into it), lol.
Oct 8, 2020 22:28:31 #
I like the leading lines in the first two photos. Great landscape shots in difficult lighting conditions.
Oct 9, 2020 06:21:40 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
Glad you liked them. Yep, can't always choose lighting conditions! I liked the lines, also.
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