July-August 1879, Alaska Trip Image 29
Alaska weather is about half rain or at least rainy during summer. The last 3 days have been remarkably fine, warm, balmy, sunny, but not bright. The sun rises apparently clear without the slightest trace of garishness; so tempered by the damp moisture-filled air through which its level beams sift t...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-2408 2023-08-27T04:09:34+02:00 July-August 1879, Alaska Trip Image 29 Muir, John 1879-07-01T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1409 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2408/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1409 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2408/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies . All John Muir Journals John Muir journals drawings writings travel journaling naturalist text 1879 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:02:27Z Alaska weather is about half rain or at least rainy during summer. The last 3 days have been remarkably fine, warm, balmy, sunny, but not bright. The sun rises apparently clear without the slightest trace of garishness; so tempered by the damp moisture-filled air through which its level beams sift that it may be gazed at without hurting the eyes. At sunset it has been still more subdued looking, like a red rayless ball gilding the wooded hill and the water. Even at high noon there is no blazing whiteness. The mountains then look black, the water grey, the whole landscape hazy like Indian summer. { Sketch : Great Glacier 60 miles NW Fort Wrangell } [Note by sketch: as a general thing resembling dirty masses of lodged snow on account of the bends caused by man tributaries and the coast ridges which run nearly parallel to the coast and across the glaciers, thus veiling their lower and more remarkable portions. It is only the skilled observer that will see them truly and feel their beauty. Every true and healthy lover of Nature, however, will be impressed with the vast show taken altogether, rocks, clouds, snow, ice, forest; and if a near approach be made, then the glaciers with their huge forward-thrust snouts shining in the light, and their broad currents sweeping on in smooth fluent lines through the woods with a thousand water streams on their backs, and mills, crevasses, pits, wells, etc. {cont}.] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2408/thumbnail.jpg Text glacier glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons Great Glacier ENVELOPE(-131.887,-131.887,56.850,56.850) Indian |
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Alaska weather is about half rain or at least rainy during summer. The last 3 days have been remarkably fine, warm, balmy, sunny, but not bright. The sun rises apparently clear without the slightest trace of garishness; so tempered by the damp moisture-filled air through which its level beams sift that it may be gazed at without hurting the eyes. At sunset it has been still more subdued looking, like a red rayless ball gilding the wooded hill and the water. Even at high noon there is no blazing whiteness. The mountains then look black, the water grey, the whole landscape hazy like Indian summer. { Sketch : Great Glacier 60 miles NW Fort Wrangell } [Note by sketch: as a general thing resembling dirty masses of lodged snow on account of the bends caused by man tributaries and the coast ridges which run nearly parallel to the coast and across the glaciers, thus veiling their lower and more remarkable portions. It is only the skilled observer that will see them truly and feel their beauty. Every true and healthy lover of Nature, however, will be impressed with the vast show taken altogether, rocks, clouds, snow, ice, forest; and if a near approach be made, then the glaciers with their huge forward-thrust snouts shining in the light, and their broad currents sweeping on in smooth fluent lines through the woods with a thousand water streams on their backs, and mills, crevasses, pits, wells, etc. {cont}.] https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2408/thumbnail.jpg |
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