Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
"Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Companions for the Dandilions (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Bald Eagle nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Least Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"American Pipit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Fish processing plant in the distance - photo taken from our room at the Grand Aleutian Hotel (© Sooney Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Piled line on at the harbor (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Immature Bald Eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Piled line on the harbor (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Bald eagle and stacked crab pots (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Fishing vessels used to catch crab, pollack, and cod (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Savannah Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Lupin growing wild on the Spit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Lupin detail (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
Kamchatka Fritillary on Spit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska"
American Pipit (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Only small planes can land on the shorter runway (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
"Disposing of wreckage appeared to be a problem (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
Red Fox (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
Harlequin Ducks (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska
"Pigeon Guillemot (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska"
"Red-necked Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Sea Otter (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Sea Otter (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Dock to nowhere (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Thick-billed Murre (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Black Oystercatcher (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Common Merganser (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Bald Eagle in mountainside nest (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Marbled Murelet (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Rock Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Fishing vessels in Captain's Cove Marina (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Little South America, a favorite picnic site by locals (© Sooney Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Arctic Ground Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Adult successfully protecting its catch (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Adult protecting catch from an attacking juvenile eagle (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Arctic Ground Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Dutch Harbor from Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Terry, Marty, and Sooney during our climb up Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Detail: remains of garrison of US Army Fort Schwatka up on Mount Ballyhoo (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Juvenile Bald Eagle soaring above the fishing industry (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Sea-going barges transport most of supplies to distant coastal ports (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Black-legged Kittiwakes (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Glacous Gull and Pelagic Cormorants (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Marty and his long lens wearing their raincoats (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Great traveling buddies (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Tufted Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Black-legged Kittiwake (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Horned Puffin (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Tufted Puffin Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Tufted Puffin Juvenile (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"USS Northwestern wreck bombed and sunk June 4, 1942 during attack by Japanese warplanes in WWII (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Arctic Bumblebee (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Lapland Longspur male (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Lapland Longspur male (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Lapland Longspur female (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",