These shapes of Matanuska glacier keep me going back. They are ever changing and not one week is the same from the one before. It's crazy how quickly everything can change there. This icefall looks nothing like this anymore.
These gigantic ice towers, also known as Seracs, would crush a house should they fall on one. They are much bigger than they look here and a fascinating natural feature that I love to observe. If you're lucky, you might see one fall. It's an extermely rare to see but fortunately I've been lucky enough to have seen it. The sound it produces seems louder than a thunder.
This is my favorite abstract of ice so far. I utilized multiple exposures for the dynamic range as well as depth of field to overcome the limitations of the camera for sharpness and light throughout.
When I first discovered a feature like this as I started exploring Matanuska glacier the first time, I was blown away by the force needed for this to happen and that there can be such an obvious evidence of it. It was extermely cold that day due to very high winds in the freezing temperatures which froze me to the point where I couldn't do anything else than just stand still. It was a good reminder that these conditions still exist, and that the glacier is still here because of that.
These details on the ice remind me of the waves in motion that have suddenly frozen over. It's a tricky shot to get right due to the contrast and exterme depth of field, so I had to utilize the latest post-processing techniques called DOF-blend as well as use multiple exposures to control the dynamic range.
The low light of the winter creates a dramatic sky over the ice of Matanuska glacier.
The Icefall reflects from a huge crack in the ice know as crevasse that's filled with melt water.
I backpacked to a lookout of Matanuska glacier for an overnighter to photograph the setting summer sun. I was rewarded with a spectacular view of the glacier making its way through the valley under some nice light.
A glacial river running through a crevasse. I cherish this shot a lot as I haven't been able to find a better setting for a shot like this no matter how many times I've visited glaciers since.
Low angle light in the winter photographed on a frozen lake underneath a glacier.
Holgate Glacier and its millions of pieces of ice floating around in the sea off the coast of Kenai Fjords National Park. The tiny black spot near the middle is a sea otter laying on a piece of ice.
A spectacular sunset from a passing summer rain photographed around midnight on a beautiful summer night in Alaska.
This quickly receding glacier might not be around much longer. The gigantic Ice Fall here looks much smaller than it is in real life. The wall you see here is probably 20- 30 meters high. We skied here with our skate skis in the late winter over a frozen lake.
Glacial details photographed in an ice cave.