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Alaska's Giant of Ice and Stone

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Photograph by Frans Lanting

Walled by the Wrangell, St. Elias, and Chugach mountain ranges, Chitina Valley's spruce-covered floor offers a rare expanse of flat terrain in the park's overwhelmingly vertical landscape.

Camera: Nikon F100
Lens: 18-35mm zoom

Time of Day: Evening
Lighting Techniques: Natural light