Exploring Alaska: The Alaska Range

This is my third flight in the Alaska Interior, but my first with David in his airplane. We started out in Fairbanks and headed to the Southeast toward the Alaska Range.

The Tanana River meanders through the Flats. It is glacier fed, and is heavy with silt. The river has a tendency to shift from one season to the next.

This fire started the weekend of July 23-24th. A damper has been put on it since, with our rainy August days.

One of many Black Spruce, Birch and Aspen covered hills.

There are hundreds of swampy ponds like this one where moose can be found.

At this point we are continuing to the south east of Fairbanks toward the Alaska Range.

More of the Tanana Flats with the Alaska Range in the background. I will show some close-ups in my next post.

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