A hanging glacial valley in Tann Fjord.

Icy Bay area.

A beach of glacial debris in the Icy Bay area.

A beach of glacial debris in the Icy Bay area. The hollowed out part of the beach is not the result of geologic processes but came from a bull-dozer scraping a road along the beach.

Low tide along a rocky beach in the Icy Bay area.

A spectacular double rainbow.

A spectacular double rainbow.

A lumber mill makes its own weather along the Inside Passage.

Somewhere along the Inside Passage.

A glacier making its way to the sea in Icy Bay.

A glacier making its way to the sea in Icy Bay.

Photo #16 of Mount St. Elias sequence. Mount Saint Elias is one of the largest mountains visible from the sea on the North American continent. It rises to a height of 18,008 feet in a distance of less than 20 miles from sea level at Icy Bay.

A rainbow somewhere along the Alaska Peninsula.

A rainbow somewhere along the Alaska Peninsula.

Majestic cliffs rise out of the sea at Puale Bay, called the windiest spot on the Alaskan coast.

Photo #15 of Mount St. Elias sequence.

Photo #18 of Mount St. Elias sequence.

Photo #19 of Mount St. Elias sequence.

Tann Fjord area of Icy Bay.

Tann Fjord area of Icy Bay.

Photo #17 of Mount St. Elias sequence.

The head of Tann Fjord.

Photo #20 of Mount St. Elias sequence.

Offshore of Icy Bay. A portion of Malaspina Glacier is seen to the right in the image.

Glacial ice chunks in Icy Bay.

Glacial ice chunks in Icy Bay.

Glacial ice chunks in Icy Bay.

Glacial ice chunks in Icy Bay.

Bergy bits and small glacial ice chunks along tide rip line in Icy Bay.

Dramatic cloud formation over the Puale Bay area of the Alaska Peninsula.

Dramatic cloud formation over the Puale Bay area of the Alaska Peninsula.

Unidentified island on a clear day.

Piridon Bay sea stack.

Piridon Bay sea stack.

A small cove on Piridon Bay.

The village of Larsen Bay on Uyak Bay.

The village of Larsen Bay on Uyak Bay.

A small cove on Piridon Bay.

A view of the bird refuge at Dry Tortugas National Park.

A view of the bird refuge at Dry Tortugas National Park.

A spiral staircase leading down from the top of Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortugas National Park.

Enjoying the gazebo at the Key West Garden Club gardens at the West Martello, a part of the Civil War era defenses of Key West on the south side of the island.

Spectacular vines at the Key West Garden Club gardens at the West Martello, a part of the Civil War era defenses of Key West on the south side of the island. Note the adult arm on the right side of the photo for scale of vegetation.

Store front with French-style iron-work in old town Key West.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse as seen from the south at low tide on a misty day.

Looking through a slot in the cliffs south of Davenport. Huge surf rebounds off the cliffs and builds even larger interference patterns in the incoming surf.

Spray flying up after surf collides with rocky shore at Soquel Point.

Surf encountering a rocky headland at Soquel Point.

Point Lobos with sublime view of granite headland framed between branches of an ancient Monterey cypress.

Surf, rock, and spray define Point Lobos.