Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Caswell Creek, Alaska

Caswell Creek Reflecting CloudsTwo Fridays ago I was at my parents' cabin and William, Ben, and I jumped on a four wheeler and drove up the highway to Caswell Creek. Caswell Creek is a sleepy little clear water creek located near mile 85 on the Parks Highway. I say sleepy because 99% of the time I head down there I never see anyone else, but one-percent of the time when the salmon are in thick, its banks are covered with people. I have to confess. I headed down there to see if the king salmon had come in early. There wasn't a fish to be seen, but I got lucky. It was a perfect day for taking pictures and I certainly took home my limit in photos.

I chose this photo because you can see where the clear water of Caswell Creek meets the silty Susitna River. The dividing line between the two waters is amazing. And for a bonus the clouds reflected off the water nicely. We calls those clouds "Simpsons Clouds" because they look like the clouds in the opening credits of the TV show.
P.S. I finally updated my Flickr site with the recent pictures. I added around 30 new photos.

4 comments:

TorAa said...

What a picture. The mirroring in the water is just fantastic

Angel The Alien said...

Beautiful! I love seeing undisturbed nature.

Rayne said...

This is so beautiful. It looks to perfect to be real, like one of those paintings by Bob Ross. I love how clear the reflections are in the water.
You are right, those clouds do look like the ones in the Simpsons.

Anonymous said...

Wow, just wow. That would be a PERFECT picture to blow up and frame. That is absolutely stunning.