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Katmai National Park
The Katmai National Park on the Alaska Peninsula is known for its abundance of bears and the Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes, site of the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century

plane1 The easiest way to get to Katmai is by float plane.
angler Lot's of people come for fishing. Some catch to release...
fish ...others catch to eat.
bear1 The bears always catch to eat.
bear2 Katmai is famous for its abundance of bears.
bear3 And everyone has their one style of catching salmon.
lake The lake system in the park makes for an excellent kayaking trip.
night In the summer, kayaking is possible almost around the clock.
cabin This cabin marks one end of a long portage.
portage A very nasty, muddy, mosquito infested portage indeed.
kayak_evening Camping on a pumice beach.
bags The bags go up into a tree for the night to secure them from predators.
bigbear Sure enough - a big one is walking by.
hiking Hiking through the Valley of the Tenthousand Smokes...
ashflow ...leads along the thick ashflow erupted in 1912.
rocks Colorful rocks in the valley - volcanoes in the background.
valley In the valley.
novarupta Novarupta was the location of the 1912 eruption.
tokatmai Hiking up to Katmai caldera...
caldera ...which collapsed during the 1912 eruption. Since then, a lake has been filling the caldera, and its level is rising constantly.

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