This mesmerizing expanse captures a small stretch of the 95-mile-long Ivishak River in northern Alaska. The Ivishak flows in the Philip Smith Mountains and the foothills of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The entire run of the river is in a region called the North Slope Borough, Alaska"s northernmost borough (Alaska is divided into boroughs, not counties). Look at the magnificent colors and textures this photo captures—it"s a view that"s preserved and protected by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
A river on the tundra
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Tufa formations in Mono Lake, California
-
Life in a North African town
-
Maldives
-
Christmas Bird Count turns 125
-
Whangārei Falls in New Zealand
-
Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
-
Wedded Rocks, Japan
-
Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
-
A stroll above the stratosphere
-
Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
-
The tortoise and the finch
-
Pearl of the Adriatic
-
To the 155th on the 155th
-
Waitangi Day in New Zealand
-
Islands that turned the tide
-
In the Most Serene Republic
-
Aloe in bloom
-
National Find a Rainbow Day
-
Lake Tai s cherry trees in bloom
-
Celebrating sea otters
-
Fossil Day
-
Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
-
A throng of ice and spires
-
National Public Lands Day
-
A great white egret in Hungary
-
Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
-
Siblings Day
-
Land of the midnight sun
-
The city of Osaka at night, Japan
-
Reflecting on fall
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

