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Western-Landscape, places & Historic-US, Canada & Hawaii-Updated 2022.9.25.

The images in this Gallery are collated alphabetically first by State Code like AZ, then in some cases a location code like GCNP(Grand Canyon National Park) and then by the date of capture and a caption. All the images on this Gallery are protected by US copyright laws. No image may be copied or downloaded without formal written permissin from Tom Jesiolowski?Northland Arts Nature Images.
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AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial Grove 2007.5.18#0049.2. A really interesting interpretive plaque of the Red Star story. In a strategic move to stop Hitler's advances, the US military ferried thousands of US aircraft to Fairbanks Alaska where they were repainted with Russian red stars and Russian pilots flew them from Fairbanks into the war in Europe. Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
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AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial Grove 2007.5.18#0049.2. A really interesting interpretive plaque of the Red Star story. In a strategic move to stop Hitler's advances, the US military ferried thousands of US aircraft to Fairbanks Alaska where they were repainted with Russian red stars and Russian pilots flew them from Fairbanks into the war in Europe. Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska.

  • AK-MUSEUM of the NORTH 2008.7.1#229.2. "Blue Babe", Bison priscus, the prehistoric Steppe Bison that was discovered mummified north of Fairbanks Alaska. It was discovered by placer gold miners Walter and Ruth Roman in 1979. Paleontologist Dale Guthrie supervised the excavation and reconstruction for the University of Fairbanks Museum of the North. It was killed 36.000 years ago by a prehistoric American Lion. It's blue color for which it named was the result of the white phosphate mineral vivianite reaction with iron in the soil turning blue when it was exposed to the air. Fairbanks Alaska.
  • AK-MUSEUM of the NORTH 2008.7.1#230.2. A frontal view of "Blue Babe" in the previous image. Fairbanks Alaska.
  • AK-MUSEUM of the NORTH 2008.7.2#039.2. Eskimo exhibit in the Museum of the North, Fairbanks Alaska. More to come.
  • AK-PALMER 2006.8.8#0047b3X. Recently harvested hay bails on a farm with a backdrop of Hatcher Pass in the Talkeetna Mountains Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-AK Veterans Memorial 2007.5.18#0047.2. An interpretive sign that tells an interesting story how the Civil War extended all the way to Alaska. Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-AK Veterans Memorial 2007.5.18#0048.3. An interpretive sign telling the story of how the Alaska Eskimo's organized to become the Territorial Guard. Veterans Memorial Grove. MP147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-AK Veterans Memorial 2007.5.18#0050.2. The interpretive plaque telling a brief story of how the capture of Koga's Zero become one of the most important events during WW II giving the US military the technical intelligence needed to catch up with the Japanese air superiority in the Pacific Theater. Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-AK Veterans Memorial 2007.5.18#058.2. Mount Deception is in Denali Park, and not far from the mountain itself. Veterans Memorial Grove. MP147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-AK Veterans Memorial 2007.5.18#059.0051. A really great story of how in 1954 Cliff Hudson and Don Sheldon, two of Alaska's legendary Bush Pilots saved four men who parachuted from a C-47 that broke apart in mid air during extreme turbulence north of Talkeetna Alaska. Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-AK Veterens Memorial 2007.5.18#0046.3. An interpretive sign at the memorial in Denali State Park. This plaque honors some of the early expeditions led by the army in Alaska. Many of the leaders names are on roads, mountains, rivers, buildings and other geological features in Alaska today. Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial 2007.5.18#0028.2. An interpretive sign at the Veterans Memorial Grove located in Denali State Park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska. Honoring the Military pilots who have flown countless missions to rescue climbers on Denali.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial 2007.5.18#0029.1. Memorial Plaque honoring James Leroy Bondsteel. Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park. MP147.2 , Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial 2007.5.18#0031.3. The Walls and Panels honoring the seven branches of the Military in Alaska. Veterans Memorial Grove MP 147.2 in Denali State Park, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial 2007.5.18#0032.2. The Alaska National Guard and Merchant Marine Panels at the Alaska Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park. MP 147.2 Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial Grove -2007.5.18#0044.2. Interpretive sign for the battle of Attu. Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park, MP 147.2 Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial Grove 2007.5.18#0033.2. A close up of the Alaska National Guard Panel in the Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial Grove 2007.5.18#0034.1. Close up of the main panel for the Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial Grove 2007.5.18#0036.3. The group of large panels honoring the five main branches of the military at the Memorial Grove in Denali State park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY-Alaska Veterans Memorial Grove 2007.5.18#0049.2. A really interesting interpretive plaque of the Red Star story. In a strategic move to stop Hitler's advances, the US military ferried thousands of US aircraft to Fairbanks Alaska where they were repainted with Russian red stars and Russian pilots flew them from Fairbanks into the war in Europe. Veterans Memorial Grove in Denali State Park. MP 147.2, Route 3, Alaska.
  • AK-PARKS HIGHWAY 1994.9.21#058.2. Part of the Alaska Veterans Memorial at MP 147.2 Alaska.
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