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From the Sky |
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Alden and a friend rented a Cessna 172 and flew around the area taking photographs. |
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This is the town of Soldotna, where Erin lives. |
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Overcast, but you can still see the mountains. |
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More mountains under the clouds. |
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This river meanders to its mouth at Cook Inlet. |
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A receding glacier between mountains. |
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Notice the blue color of the glacier, and the areas where it breaks off into the valley below. |
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Looking in the other direction, you can see the silt left in the valley by the receding glacier. |
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The river at the end of the valley is colored by the silt from the glacier. |
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On the bottom right you can see where a fire last summer destroyed many acres of forest. |
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One more mountain view. |
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