Photo archive for July 1, 2008
Our house is in the flight path off Badger road. I took this when they were doing touch and goes last week.
This willow ptarmigan photo was taken at Trevor Creek, midway between Toolik and Atigun Pass on the Dalton Highway, on the solstice.
Jimmy John Ward and his twin sisters, Nellie and Jane enjoying the +80 weather in fort Yukon...
I have had more fun with this photo. Believe it or not, most people are puzzled and ask what happened to the moose’s head and leg, and others say it’s just plain creepy. The moose was simply scratching his head with his back leg, out of sight of course.
I watched this juvenile Yellow-Rumped Warbler begging for food from its mother even though she had just fed him. She looked really tired!
My two children and I recently took a trip to Kodiak to visit my sister, and while we were there we visited Fort Abercrombie where this picture was taken on top of an old World War II bunker covered in lupine. I just sat my youngest, 8 month old Olivia, in the middle of the flowers and took her picture!
Piper Palin, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's 7-year-old daughter, gets tossed into the air from a ugruk or bearded seal, skin blanket during the season's last Nalukataq whaling festival in Barrow, Alaska, on Monday, June 30, 2008. The governor was in Barrow to meet with people as state legislators arrive in the Arctic Ocean town to discuss her natural gas pipeline proposal during a special legislative session that began on July, 1, 2008.
Tony Palmer, vice president of Alaska Development for TransCanada Corp., right, explains the company's plan to build a gas pipeline under Gov. Sarah Palin's natural gas pipeline proposal to the Alaska Legislature during a special legislative session in Barrow, Alaska, on Tuesday July, 1, 2008. Sen. Don Olson, D-Nome, back left, Reps. Ralph Samuels, R, Anchorage, Reggie Joule, D-Kotzebue, and Sen. Bert Stedman, back right, listen.
North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta, left, talks with Rep. John Coghill Jr., R-North Pole, during a break in a special legislative session in Barrow, Alaska, on Tuesday, July, 1, 2008 to discuss TransCanada Corp.'s plan to build a gas pipeline under Gov. Sarah Palin's natural gas pipeline proposal.
A bear warning sign posted at a Hillside Trails access point in the Hilltop Ski Area parking lot in Anchorage, Alaska, warns people of a bear mauling that occurred on Rover's Run near the Gasline Trail on June 29, 2008. A teenage girl was mauled by a bear while competing in a all-night bicycle race.
The Penningtons check in with Alaska Airlines on Monday, June 30, 2008, to return to Seattle after visiting family in Fairbanks. Travelers with Alaska Airlines who check a second bag will be charged $25 one-way beginning July 1. "We're traveling pretty light for us," said Jeff, flying with his sons Nick, 12 and Josh, 10. "But when we come here in the winter we have all that cold-weather gear."
After a day of training on the range, Spc. Jason Wilson, a flight medic for Company C of the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, cleans his weapon in the hanger where their UH-60 Blackhawk air ambulances wait at the ready Monday, June 30, 2008, on Fort Wainwright. Monday is the last day the Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic helicopter rescue program will be available for Interior Alaska. The unit is deploying and will not be able to continue the service they have provided for the past three decades.
Rose George, right, gives directions to her commencement over the phone as she waits in line before the start of the Career Education Center's graduation Monday, June 30, 2008, at the DeWild Theater in West Valley High School. Graduates Lamia Life, left, and Roberto Palacio wait for the start of the ceremonies.
Graduate Brian Winn adjusts his cap before the start of the Career Education Center's graduation Monday, June 30, 2008, at the DeWild Theater in West Valley High School.
Alaska Goldpanners baserunner Matt Newman, left, is greeted at home by teammates Adam Gaylord, right, and Raoul Torrez after scoring them with his fifth-inning home run against the Mat-Su Miners on Monday, June 30, 2008, at Growden Memorial Park.
Alaska Goldpanners baserunner Ryan Heroy scores as Mat-Su Miners pitcher Max Peterson covers the plate after a wild pitch in the fifth inning of their game Monday, June 30, 2008, at Growden Memorial Park.
In this Oct. 10, 2006, photo provided by BBN Technologies, David Getty, Ph.D., lead scientist at BBN Technologies, uses special glasses to review breast images on a planar stereo display workstation on the main campus of BBN Technologies in Cambridge, Mass. Experiments with 3-D mammograms may provide a better way to check for breast cancer in women with breasts too dense for today's mammograms to give a clear picture.
Jene
