Alaska Stock Photographer to Attend White House Dinner With Obama

Long time contributing Alaska Stock photographer, Johnny Johnson, has been invited by The National Geographic Society to attend the White House Press Photographers Dinner, hosted by President Obama. Accompanied by his wife, Johnny will travel to Washington D.C. to attend the black-tie event on May 30th.

“Johnny is one of our top nature photographers and has been with our agency since it began in 1991” said Jeff Schultz the owner of Alaska Stock Images. “Many Alaskans are familiar with Johnny’s stunning limited-edition prints which have been on display throughout Alaska for over twenty-five years. We also represent images from Johnny’s six expeditions to Antarctica.”

Johnny has worked on assignment for National Geographic and his photos have been published worldwide in magazines, calendars, and books. Included among these are Natural History, Audubon, National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer, Time and Newsweek. Johnny Johnson’s limited-edition print collection will be on display from May 1st through September 1st at the 600 E. Northern Lights Blvd., in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Mt. Redoubt shenanigans...

Alaska's Mt. Redoubt, a stratovolcano located in the Aleutian Range, has been huffin' and puffin' now for several weeks. Seismic activity at Redoubt increased beginning about March 15th and an Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) observation flight reported that a steam and ash plume rose as high as 15,000 feet above sea level. Since then there has been ash plumes as high as 65,000 feet! The Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Anchorage, Valdez and large portions of the Kenai Peninsula have all received coatings of volcanic ash.

As of April 4, 2009, the AVO has reported a total of 25 erruptions!

You can bet this much volcanic activity has messed with airline travel. Many flights have had to be delayed including public flights, Federal Express, and the US Postal Service.

However, Alaskans seem to just take it in stride. After all, Redoubt is not the first time we have had to deal with ash falling from the sky. As recently as 2002, Mt. Spurr also let loose and delivered a layer of ash over Anchorage and surrounding areas.