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We took this while we were on the boat tour on the Kenai Fjord National Park in Alaska. The weather was cool and damp, but the scenery (captured in more photos in this set) was truly remarkable. I really like how the trees and mountains form a silhouette against the clouds and sky.

The park, according to Wiki was established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The park covers an area of 669,984 acres on the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska, near the town of Seward. The park is named for the numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field. The fjords are glacial valleys that have been submerged below sea level by a combination of rising sea levels and land subsidence. The Kenai mountains often drop all the way down to the water here making a dramatic backdrop for the glaciers.

I love to tell stories. About twenty years ago I had my first freelance travel article accepted by a magazine. Much to my surprise, the magazine expected photos along with words. I had not taken any during the preliminary work for my article. I drove back to the site and took the photos for the article with my little Olympus digital camera. The article was published with those very amateur photos. In time, I bought an Olympus OMD-EM5, a great camera for nature and travel photographers and discovered that I enjoyed telling stories with pictures more than I did with words. The last twenty year have been an incredibly exciting time as resources for photographers have exploded. I have been lucky enough to have some great teachers along the way...