Join us in celebrating Alaska Day here at beautiful Mendenhall Lake, just a stone’s throw from the state capital of Juneau. It seems a timeless sight, but the lake actually began to form in the early 1900s as Mendenhall Glacier receded, leaving a deeply carved valley in its wake that was soon filled with glacial melt. Today, the glacier still feeds the lake, much to the delight of the many visitors who arrive in Juneau each summer on cruise ships.
Fall comes to the Last Frontier
Today in History
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World Bee Day
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Pumpkin field, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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The Hermitage of Santa Justa
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‘The mountains are calling’
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Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Wedded Rocks, Japan
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Blink and you ll miss it
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International Haiku Poetry Day
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3,000 years of history
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Feelin groovy on Record Store Day
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Veterans Day
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Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
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First day of summer
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Lucian Blaga National Theater, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Meandering through Patagonia
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Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
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Through an artist s eyes
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Square Tower House in Mesa Verde National Park
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Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
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Gazing down on planet Earth
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Saint Andrews Day
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Defying gravity on a swing ride
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Joan charges Riverside Park
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Santorini, Greece
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Boxing Day
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Tough turf
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Wahclella Falls, Oregon