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Aerial photos, photos taken from planes, helicopters, balloons, etc.

Aerial Photo, St. Elias Range, Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

St. Elias Range, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska

Hey folks,

I’ll try to intersperse a few Alaska photos in here with all the photos from Chile. It’s still only April and already I’m champin’ at the bit to get to Alaska and back in to Wrangell St. Elias National Park. Last year in September I had an opportunity to do some aerial photography of these mountains and it was absolutely awesome. I did a flight in the morning and another in the evening. This photo was taken on the 2nd flight, where we flew south from McCarthy towards Mt. St. Elias and Mt. Logan, the 2 highest peaks in the region. Mt. St. Elias is the highest peak in Wrangell – St. Elias National Park and stands 18,008 feet (5,489 metres), whilst Mt. Logan, the highest peak across the border in the Yukon Territory, Canada, stands 5,959 metres (19,550 feet) ASL (more…)