This last week has been full of unexpected rain and above-freezing temperatures, somewhat odd for an Alaskan February. The sun is starting to climb back out of the sky, much to everyone's delight, and the promise of warmer days is in the air.
Close to the mouth of the river, the Cook Inlet tide affects how high the river will be at any given time period. When the tide is out, we get to see the underside of the iceburgs---always a treat, though with all of this below-freezing weather, the river silt is sticking to the icebergs and so they all have the distinct color of mud!
Break-up in Alaska, which is our affectionate term for "Spring," tends to be a very wet and muddy affair, but it has certain beautiful aspects to it, as this picture above demonstrates. I snapped this photograph just below the Diamond M Ranch, catching the glacier-fed river in a moment of cool stillness.
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