This memorable sunset capped our very first day in Alaska. I made this about fifteen minutes after the sun had set (at 10:15 at night), turning Chichagof Strait into a copper and turquoise channel carrying the eye to the brilliantly colored snowcapped peaks on Chichagof Island itself. In just our first five hours of cruising, I had already photographed a bald eagle, a rainbow, and a breaching whale – a fitting prelude to this image, one of the most striking dusk scenes I’ve ever encountered.