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This is the usual site during morning hours around Anchorage especially on the highways that lead to Whittier and to Seward. the roads winds around a fjord called "Turnagain Arm" and it is a beautiful place to be.
Picture is zoomed with my telescopic lens to get a closeup of this mountain. I left the other mountains on purpose to create some depth to the picture. Like i said earlier we will lose lots of time if we stop the car often to enjoy the nature. I did once while driving to Seward and took these pictures.

I was limited to 3000 bytes of comments in my last picture so it is continued.

Climate of Anchorage is quite strange. Atleast for me. Sun do set in Anchorage but it never gets dark. In the early mornings clouds still lazy to wake up, cuddle up on mountains in the vally only to prevent the sunlight from entering. A perfect time to take photographs. about 2 or 3 PM the sunlight manages to break through the clouds and then begins the heat. temperature goes upto 65F or 70F until 10:30 PM with bright sunlight and then the dusk process begines and I guess some time around 11:30 Sun goes behind the mountains but not the light.

Turnagain Arm:- I was told the explorer Thomas Cook tried to enter this area and had to turn around few times because of bad weather and so this place is called "Turnagain". Can't confirm this but heard locally.

Silt:- This is a fine powdered rock crushed by the weight of glacial ice. As glaciers retreated, the melting water carried the silt along and settles in every fjord that we see there. And the color of the water is really ugly. but it is again a great experience. Most of the mountain slopes and the shores of the lakes look ash black because of this crushed rocks. I felt the powder and it is very smooth.

Mountain landscape:- unlike the Montana region (Yellowstone region), I did not see mountains filled with pointed trees. it could be because of heavy snow. for few feet from the ground, I did see coniferous trees and above that all I saw was small green plants that blanket the mountains.

Enjoy
Rajesh