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Matanuska River valley        Images © Mark A. Chappell

I took this picture from a pull-out on the Glenn Highway (between Palmer and Glenallen).   It shows the glacial-fed Matanuska River cutting through spruce, aspen, and cottonwood forests on the northern slopes of the Chugach Mountains.

  • digital capture, Canon 1D Mk. II, 17-40 mm lens about 20 mm, polarizing filter (2004)