Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Below: Lake Clark National Park is off the road grid so we went on a flightseeing tour to see it. Beautiful!
Below: This is nine-mile-long Crescent Lake. The turquoise color is the result of glacial melting.
Below: This is Iliamna Volcano, over 10,000 feet tall.
Below: Redoubt Volcano is on the left. This is an active volcano.
Below: We flew close to the summit of Redoubt Volcano.
Below: A river of ice. The surface of the 'Double Glacier' shows its flow marks with huge crevasses that are over 100 feet deep.
Below: These are random patterns in a river bank as seen from 1,000-feet above.
Below: Two moose in a pond.
Below: We spotted a grizzly bear walking on the beach. Our pilot decided to land right on the beach so we could get a closer look! The bear was busy fishing for salmon.
Below: The bear was trying to catch the salmon by pouncing on them but he was unsuccessful.
Below: When the bear gave up on fishing and started walking toward us, our pilot said "Maybe we should head on out of here!"
Below: The scenery at the beach was beautiful.
Below: In California you cannot just fly around willy-nilly and land on any old beach you want - without any radio contact with anyone. Things are magically different here in Alaska!