The 49th state of America is a place of incomparable beauty and wonder.
It's not just a snowy, frozen outback, like most people assume — it's a place where bald eagles soar the skies and grizzly bears roam the countryside. It's a wild and expansive state that plays host to wild lupine flowers to birch trees. Alaska isn't just a landscape caked in white snow, it's a rainbow of colors as vibrant as the Northern Lights themselves.
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Alaska's stunning beauty is best experienced in person, but when you can't get to the real thing you can always see it through the lens of a good camera. Luckily there are plenty of talented photographers out there who have captured the alluring essence of the great state and are sharing it with the world.
These photos capture the gorgeous splendor that is America's Last Frontier.