The North Pole
Big Delta and Delta Junction area
Amazing Bull Moose
A Cow and her wee Calf
No sooner had my daughter Misty asked to see a calf that was born this year....and there it was . The cow is very protective of her tiny calf....that makes it very very hard to get close to them. The slightest sound and that calf bolts into the brush. The calves born this year are always brown. The ones that were born last year are the same color as the cow. Pictures are not the best clarity as calf was very jumpy and nervous. There is a cow with twin babies on page 3 also.
Just plain cute
Driving from Tok Alaska to Valdez
Holy cuteness
The wild fires across Alaska are very scary. The smoke was thick and the firefighters were present.....I can say with honesty I was very scared.
The fire damage from a few years ago
Burl wood
A burl results from a tree undergoing some form of stress. It may be caused by an injury, virus or fungus. Most burls grow beneath the ground, attached to the roots as a type of malignancy that is generally not discovered until the tree dies or falls over. Such burls sometimes appear as groups of bulbous protrusions connected by a system of rope-like roots. Almost all burl wood is covered by bark, even if it is underground. Insect infestation and certain types of mold infestation are the most common causes of this condition.
In some tree species, burls can grow to great size. The largest, at 26 feet (7.9 m), occur in coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) and can encircle the entire trunk; when moisture is present, these burls can grow new redwood trees. The world's second-largest burls can be found in Port McNeill, British Columbia. One of the largest burls known was found around 1984 in the small town of Tamworth, New South Wales. It stands 6.4 ft (2.0 m) tall, with an odd shape resembling a trombone. In January 2009, this burl was controversially removed from its original location, and relocated to a public school in the central New South Wales city of Dubbo.
In some tree species, burls can grow to great size. The largest, at 26 feet (7.9 m), occur in coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) and can encircle the entire trunk; when moisture is present, these burls can grow new redwood trees. The world's second-largest burls can be found in Port McNeill, British Columbia. One of the largest burls known was found around 1984 in the small town of Tamworth, New South Wales. It stands 6.4 ft (2.0 m) tall, with an odd shape resembling a trombone. In January 2009, this burl was controversially removed from its original location, and relocated to a public school in the central New South Wales city of Dubbo.