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Helicopter Images Above Denali National Park

The red is dwarf birch (Betula nana). The gold is paper birch, balsam poplar and aspen.

The reddish patch above treeline is dwarf birch (Betula nana) and blueberry (Vaccinium).

A classic glacier-carved U-shaped valley.

Alpine tundra with red birch (Betula) and yellow willow (Salix).

Glacial erratics: Boulders carried and deposited by glacier.

Glacial arete: A narrow ridge between two glacial carved valleys.

Mt. Denali (Mt. Mckinley). The summit is 20,320 ft.

Dall (White) Sheep (Ovis dalli dalli).


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