Red and yellow fall colors on a mountain in Denali National Park
Posted by Lee Petersen | February 28, 2020
Autumn in Denali National Park

Purchase Print Mountains south of the Park Road in Denali National Park and Preserve. "Rivers" of yellow wind through the red foliage and "lakes" of green spruce dot the hillsides....

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Posted by Lee Petersen | September 30, 2013
Sunrises and rainy day walks

The color in the sky before we got to UAF on Friday was spectacular. It faded quickly as the Sun broke over the horizon. I just barely managed to get...

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Posted by Lee Petersen | September 18, 2013
First snow | September 18, 2013

Waking up in Fairbanks, Alaska on September 18, 2013 to a summ-fall-winter wonderland: All the summer and fall foliage meshed well with the white snow. It was kind of gorgeous...

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Posted by Lee Petersen | September 17, 2013
The end of autumn

Autumn was a little weird in the interior this year. The colors have been much muted compared to the last few years, which I'd guess has something to do with...

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Posted by Lee Petersen | August 31, 2013
The end of summer

It's nearing the end of summer; the leaves have just begun to change. Daylight is quickly disappearing with every day shortened by nearly seven minutes. The night is starting to...

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Posted by Lee Petersen | September 27, 2011
Blue, white, and yellow

After 2.5 days of working on Classical Mechanics homework, then half a day of grading, Jason made me go out and take pictures of things. It was really a nice...

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Posted by Lee Petersen | September 7, 2011
Oops, we went to Denali again

More photos and prints available in the gallery here It's getting harder to stay away because the park is so incredibly awesome. Of course, September is here which means its...

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Posted by Lee Petersen | August 31, 2011
Wandering through the Alaska Range

(The whole photo set from this post with full-size images is in the gallery here.) Last Friday I woke up early in the morning, there was a crescent moon in...

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Posted by Lee Petersen | October 21, 2010
Yesterday: Sunrise to Sunset

Yesterday the Sun rose at 9:00 am Alaska time. Every day here is a totally new play on the lighting over the Tanana Valley and the Alaska Range. Yesterday was...

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