Bartlett Cove, Glacier Bay

This "kettle" pond was formed when a huge piece of glacial ice melted here hundreds of years ago. Glacier Bay is a new land; only a couple of hundred years ago most of this region was buried in glacial ice up to 4,000 feet thick. Bartlett Cove, long free of ice, features what's called a "climax forest," consisting of Sitka spruce, western hemlock and a whole lot of sphagnum moss. A short nature trail leads to this vantage point from the lodge.

Although the images pictured here are low-resolution versions of 35mm transparencies, Betty also used a Pentax 6x7, shooting Velvia film to make a series of extremely high-quality images.