In Alaska we call the first snowfall that shows up in the mountains termination dust. we consider it the end of summer and the beginning of Fall. This image was shot while the family and I were at the Matsu glacier.

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One of the many rest stops along the Glenn highway. The fall colors are starting to show.

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At the foot of Matsu glacier are the silt covered ice flows that extends out from the base of the glacier.

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I originally stopped at this spot to take pictures of the cool pattern that the frost had made on the sand. After a few shots I looked down and to my surprise I was standing on bear tracks, I followed the bear tracks in the sand for a little bit. Then I thought, "Do I really want to run into a bear?' The cool patterns aren't water. It is actually frost on top of the ridges of the sandy river bank.

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