857-56507 - A dog team departs the starting gate in Willow, Alaska at the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

857-52079 - American Bald Eagle in flight near Homer, Alaska.

857-56505 - A musher departs the starting gate in Willow, Alaska at the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

857-56506 - A dog team departs the starting gate in Willow, Alaska at the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

857-52078 - American Bald Eagle stands on the rocky beach watching waves roll in at Kachemak Bay near Homer, Alaska.

857-35865 - Mature and immature of American bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) stand side-by-side on a tree branch to show the difference between juvenile and adult plumage.

857-35850 - A pair of Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) joust with ivory tusks on the rocky shore of Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary on Round Island at Bristol Bay in Alaska's Bering Sea.

857-35860 - An American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) soaring against blue sky.

857-35866 - An American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) roosts on a dead tree snag.

857-35856 - An American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) soaring against blue sky.

857-35859 - An American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) soaring against blue sky.

857-35847 - Alaska's Mt. Drum looms in the background as a U-Haul moving van drives along the Glenn Highway near Glennallen, Alaska.

857-35851 - A horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata) stands on a rocky, lichen-covered precipice at the Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary on Round Island at Bristol Bay in Alaska's Bering Sea.

857-35855 - An American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) hunts for food in flight over Cook Inlet in Alaska.

857-35861 - An American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) soaring against blue sky.

857-35857 - An American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flies over a river with a fish in its talons.

857-35862 - Close-up portrait, profile of an American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus.)

857-35858 - An American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) swoops with open talons to catch a fish in an Alaska lake.

857-25417 - The Eagle Lady, 81-year old Jean Keene, attracts bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) every winter morning regardless of weather with her banquet of surplus fish. Keene has fed a gathering of eagles at the Homer Spit Campground in Alaska every winter morning for 25 years. What started out as just 2 eagles eventually became 200 to 300 of the magnificent birds.

857-25431 - A wooden sign and a view of Kachemak Bay greets visitors at Homer, Alaska. The small Kenai Peninsula town boasts that it is the

857-25436 - The stern gaze of an American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus.)

857-25451 - A mated pair of eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) shares egg inubation duties during an early spring snowstorm in Alaska.

857-25433 - A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sits atop the Boardwalk Fish and Chips restaurant on Alaska's Homer Spit.

857-25430 - A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in flight.

857-25419 - Close-up view of a soaring bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) coming in to land at the Eagle Lady's place on the Homer Spit.

857-25414 - Close-up portrait (profile) of a mature bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).

857-25418 - A council of eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perches on driftwood along the pebbly shore of Alaska's Kachemak Bay.

857-25425 - Photographer Ellen Anderson gets close-up while photographing eagles on the Alaska's Homer Spit.

857-25443 - During summer when the eagles are away, Jean Keene enjoys flower gardening at her modest home on the Homer Spit in Alaska.

857-25424 - A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flies through a snowstorm.

857-25445 - A pair of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) jousts for a favorite driftwood perch on the Homer Spit. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Kachemak Bay in background.

857-25423 - Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) gather to await the Eagle Lady's handouts on the snowy beach at Kachemak Bay, Alaska.

857-25428 - A council of eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perches on driftwood along the pebbly shore of Alaska's Kachemak Bay.

857-25415 - The Eagle Lady, 81-year old Jean Keene, attracts 200 to 300 bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) every winter morning with her banquet of surplus fish. Keene has fed a gathering of eagles at the Homer Spit Campground in Alaska every winter morning for 25 years. What started out as just 2 eagles eventually became a huge gathering of the magnificent birds.

857-25453 - A pair of bald eagles flutters to balance on a branch during an snowstorm on Alaska's Homer Spit.

857-4278 - The stern gaze of an American bald eagle is captured in this close-up portrait. (Haliaeetus leucocephalus.)

857-4308 - The aurora borealis (northern lights) shines with a rare, red and yellow hue above the Chugach Mountains in Alaska's Knik River Valley.

857-4283 - The aurora borealis (northern lights) glows above a tent in the Knik River Valley. The Chugach Mountains are in the background

857-7333 - Indian fancy dancers display flashes of brilliant color as they compete in a native American dance contest during the Rattlesnake Festival in Apache, Oklahoma.

857-4305 - The aurora borealis (northern lights) shines with pink hues above the Chugach Mountains in Alaska's Knik River Valley.

857-4302 - The aurora borealis (northern lights) shines with a rare, red and green hue above the Chugach Mountains in Alaska's Knik River Valley.

857-4303 - The aurora borealis (northern lights) shines with multiple colors above the Chugach Mountains in Alaska's Knik River Valley.

857-7328 - Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) coils in red-hued soil.

857-4311 - A purple-hued aurora borealis (northern lights) display paints the sky above Arctic Valley in Anchorage, Alaska.

857-4277 - Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocphalus) profile.

857-4282 - A camper's tent glows near the face of Child's Glacier in the Copper River Delta area of Alaska.

857-4284 - The aurora borealis (northrn lights) glows above a tent in the Knik River Valley. The Chugach Mountains are in the background.

857-4271 - A pilot prepares his float plane (amphibious) for take-off at sunrise in Ketchikan, Alaska.