Beautiful Summer Day over Cook's Inlet
Anchorage, Alaska, USA(Click the photo for a full page view)
The famous Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet is to the left in the photo.
Turnagain Arm is one of only about 60 bodies of water worldwide to exhibit a tidal bore. The bore may be more than six feet high and travel at 15 miles per hour on high spring tides. Turnagain Arm sees the largest tidal range in United States, with a mean of 30 feet (9.2 m), and the fourth highest in the world, behind Bay of Fundy (11.7m), Ungava Bay (9.75m), and Bristol Channel (9.6m). The ocean's natural 12-hour 25-minute tidal cycle is close to Turnagain Arm's natural resonance frequency, which then reinforces the tide similar to water sloshing in a bathtub. Tidal fluctuations in the main body of Cook Inlet, while not as extreme as the shallow and narrow Turnagain Arm, regularly reach 25 feet (7.6 m) and exhibit currents in excess of 5 knots (9.3 km/h) at full tidal flow. The inlet and its arms have been proposed as a potentially attractive site for the generation of tidal power.
We traveled back and forth along the arm over a dozen times and watched the tidal bore. sometimes the surfers come out and ride the one-time wave as it advances.
We traveled back and forth along the arm over a dozen times and watched the tidal bore. sometimes the surfers come out and ride the one-time wave as it advances.
If you like great 'wide-open spaces' Skies,
Scroll down one post to see some great sky photos from Big Bend National Park.
It will be worth your time.
Scroll down one post to see some great sky photos from Big Bend National Park.
It will be worth your time.
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Troy and Martha
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66 comments:
Radiant. You almost can't tell that the water and sky are separate.
Is it really posible??? Pictures like this makes me cold and warm at the same time, and I almost shamed to post my simple picture, because yours are like a postcard and 100% perfect...
Nice weekend...
Did you use a special lens or is it my eyes .. things seem to be rounded .. as if you used a whatchamacallit lens .. fish eye?
in any case wonderful photo
:-Daryl
So beautiful. The text is informative. Happy skywatching.
A great photo of Alaska, we missed the tidal bore when we were their but we did travel this stetch of road.
Beautiful photo--especially the light.
Very interesting commentary!
Beautiful - can't ever tire of seeing beautiful blue sky with fluffy white clouds - whatever shape they're in! Nice shot.
I hope everyone enlarges this! It is absolutely spectacular!
I learn so much about Alaska from you. What an amazing view you've presented. Never even heard of such a thing.
I really like that picture. What nice composure. Sarah Palin's not the only pretty thing from Alaska. Pappy
Incredibly lovely. I really like that shot.
Marnie
is this HDR? awesome balance with contrast, shadows and colors.
i like the composition too!!!
great picture!
WOW! Fantastic picture, wonderful landscape!
That is a lovely photograph, but Alaska is a mystery to me - apart from Sarah Palin.
Good photography is actually hard work and experience and I see that here. Well done.
Ray
Gorgeous shot and a very informative post. I enjoyed it a great deal.
You are right. Beautiful skies. Loved it. Have a great weekend.
A beautiful picture and interesting info!
That's interesting stuff Troy and Martha and good that you referred to wikipedia with information about Cook Inlet. Is that James Cook, whose name is used in Australia, in for instance Cooktown?
Troy: It looks like you are going off the end of the world, simply amazing.
Gorgeous sky! I think I need to visit Cook's Inlet...it's beautiful. ;-)
Huge sky over that beautiful bay. Lovely shot. Must be pretty good fishing there.
Oooooooh! How beautiful!! This photo could/should grace the cover of a high-end coffee-table photography book, Troy. Breathtaking!
Such a beautiful image! I can only imagine what it was like to see it day after day.
Great info as always.
Fantastic!! I had to squint almost when looking at this photograph... OUTSTANDING!
~Michele~
Mountain Retreat- Canada
Your photo is beautiful:o)
Its not just beautiful...its overwhelming!!! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful photo....WOW!
Hey, this is a fantastic photo, love the capture.
Troy, I did not know about Tidal Bores, though I did know the rivers flowed backwards out of the Bay of Fundy. I followed the link and learned something new. Amazing photo as always. I've posted Gus' photos from Cave Creek Canyon. I included a link to your post about HDR processing at the end. I was able to increase the color saturation in a couple of the photos using Picture Project by going beyond the automatic enhancement and sliding the color bar further until the colors looked right to me. Tell me what you think. The 2 cliff pics and the blue night we the most manipulated.
WOW I would be so proud of this picture, truly stunning, I think we need camera and lense details please!
Wow, what a beautiful sky-and-seascape you captured here. Picture perfect!
I want to go there! Your photo is dreamy :)
I've always wanted to visit the Bay of Fundy, too.
Happy Sky Watching!
~Lisa
Absolutely breathtaking! And informative too.
Cool picture - I love the formation of the clouds in the sky.
Beautiful
Thanks Troy for the answer about Captain Cook !
Sensational image and wonderul write up
Stunning photo! Your photos will inspire many people to visit Alaska I am sure!
Happy SkyWatch!
Hi Try and Martha,
very very nice and impressingly great, what a magnificant sky, I like it very much.
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Great Skywatch picture, and some great information! Really beautiful view! Surfing in Alaska! Who'd a thunk it!?
Striking photo, the colours are so brilliant and sparkling.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful view with everyone in sky watch friday.
We have tidal bores on the Bay of Fundy, aways impressive to see them.
Oh how wonderful to see this in person. Beautiful scenery...
I love this very scenic photo.
Paz
WOW...that's an amazing cloud pattern, I like the way you have composed this as well
Have a nice weekend...Thomas
Oh my what a beautiful view, something that I would like to have from my window. Anna :)
Incredible beauty. Superb photograph.
excellent light, great view, amazing shot and interesting info. what else can you ask for. well done
Such beautiful skies! WOW!
Mine are up HERE and HERE. If you get a chance ;) Happy SWF!
I never knew that was what that phenomenon is called, though I have walked with an incoming tide at a place called Tidal River on Wilsons Promontory in Victoria.
Lovely photo too - the sky is very deep and blue.
Sydney Daily Photo
Love that sunshine glinting off the water! Happy SWF. :)
That was a beautiful shot. I love it:)
Neat shot, I never heard of a tidal bore before.
Wow..Thats a great view...Excellant Photo!
Happy SWF
ola!... that is one of a kind SWF! thanks for sharing this, i was fascinated but the view, check out mine HERE
Alaska one day i can visit there. Its pretty looking view.
Your photographs are wonderful! I am so glad I joined Skywatch and found your site. Your commentaries are interesting too. I have seen the Severn Bore (the one that goes up from the Bristol Channel) and they surf that too, it's pretty amazing. Hope the weekend weather lets you get some more of these fantastic pics:-)
What blue skies and blue water..Perfect for SW
Wow -- what a beautiful view... You had such a great trip...
oops ... that pumpkin/cranberry loaf recipe I put up yesterday ... I forgot ... 1 tsp baking soda ... you said you copied it so I wanted to make sure to let you know.
Just gorgeous!
Hope everyone is having a very Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain!
Absolutely beautiful photo. Love the blue water and skies!!!!
Oh wow! This is wonderful. The composition is perfect.
What a spectacular ‘capture’ here … I’m mesmerized by this photograph. I shared cloudy skies in my neighborhood yesterday at Sacred Ruminations and am playing catch-up today.
Hugs and blessings,
Stunning photograph, what incredible scenery. Thanks for sharing it.
Stunning photography and interesting information. Thank you for sharing.
The Brahmaputra River of India/Bangladesh, that is known to exhibit tidal bore is a place I intend to visit sometime in the future.
- celine
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Troy...finally have a decent enough connection to visit you again....this is a fantastic photo...one of your best, in my opinion!!
You are living the dream my friend...keep up the great work!!
Cheers,
Scotty
Wow, great pic. Alaska is such a great place to find the perfect picture.
Was this taken out at the end of the land and the start of the runway, that little park? Looks so familiar. We sat out there and watched final approach of the BIG planes and enjoyed the sun. Turnagain Arm is the best!! I've been up there seven times now, always go down the arm. I've seen the bore tide. Did you get out to Portage Valley? Spectacular stuff. I really enjoy your photos.
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