July mornings can be misty in Southeast Alaska, but by 9 am, the skies usually begin to clear. On this morning, the beginning of my final full day in Alaska, the morning sky turned orange during the clearing process. The fog lifted, revealing snowcapped mountains ringing the sides of Pybus Bay. I structured this image as a five layer photograph. The calm waters of the bay provides a base, the island at the head of our cove offered a middle ground, the mountains provided a truly Alaskan background. The orange sky pulls the eye up and into the image, while the gray mist at the top represents the rising fog. I had already made several images of this scene when suddenly a bald eagle left its nest just behind our camp, sounding a loud call and circling overhead. It passed over me once, and then floated through my frame once again. I was able to place the eagle within the rising fog at the top of the frame to complete this image, and this gallery.