naturalaska

2010.10.09 

Turnagain Arm along Hope Cutoff, vicinity Hope, Alaska

Click on the pic to look at an 800x533 copy.

Taken September 19, 2010.  EXIF info:

Camera = Canon D30
# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/25 second ===> 0.04 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 14/1 ===> ƒ/14
# Exposure Program = aperture priority (3)
# ISO Speed Ratings = 100
# EXIF Version = 0221
# Original Date/Time = 2010:09:19 14:07:54
# Digitization Date/Time = 2010:09:19 14:07:54
# Components Configuration = 0x01,0x02,0x03,0x00 / YCbCr
# Shutter Speed Value (APEX) = 304340/65536
Shutter Speed (Exposure Time) = 1/25 second
# Aperture Value (APEX) = 499038/65536
Aperture = ƒ/14
# Exposure Bias (EV) = 0/3 ===> 0
# Metering Mode = partial (6)
# Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
# Focal Length = 85/1 mm ===> 85 mm

The Turnagain Arm mudflats are accessible from several points along the Hope Cutoff road for about four miles/6.5 kilometers before you reach the village of Hope.  This body of water has the largest tidal range in the United States- on average about 30 feet/9.2 meters.  That ought to give anyone pause who might think about venturing onto the mudflats, which are the site of several rescue efforts to free stuck adventurers every year.  Sadly, some are not successful.

David