Alaska has a vast coastline, longer than all other states combined, and it also possesses strange and overwhelming scenery.
Amusing Planet page has just compiled photos of the scenery along the long coastline of Alaska, USA in the Shorezone project.
Shorezone is a project developed since 1989, to monitor the situation of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Thanks to that, the beauty of Alaska’s beaches is thoroughly discovered. Many tourists, when witnessing this image, said that the first thing that came to their mind was “was there magic intervention to create such beautiful masterpieces?” Pictured is the bank of Grewingk Glacier, Kachemak Bay, taken on June 24, 2009.
The photos were taken on a helicopter, at an altitude of 100 m to 300 m. This photo was taken at Point Nowell, in July 2004.
To get the clearest and most beautiful photos of this beach, photographers have to spend 5 hard days every month – the time when the tide is at its lowest. The photo above was taken on Prince of Wales Island.
Tignagvik Point, Kamishak Bay, Cook Inlet on June 25, 2009.
Mills Bay, Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island, southeast Alaska on July 13, 2007.
This is a photo of the coast of Cape Magdalena , Dall Island , southeast Alaska on July 28 , 2007.
The photo was taken on May 6, 2008 at Brownson Island, Ernest Sound, southeast Alaska.
The waves hitting the East Bight shore of Nagai Island of the Shumagin Archipelago are cup-shaped. This is a sea wave phenomenon that many tourists around the world consider interesting. Photo was taken on May 16, 2011.
Oruktalik Entrance, near Tapkaurak Point, Beaufort Sea on August 1, 2012.
Many tourists who saw this scene thought that this was the result of a photoshop photo. However, this is a completely real scene on the coast of the McClure Islands, taken on August 4, 2012.
