Special Features

• photo tips for denali park People who come to Denali take a lot of photos, but are often disappointed that the pictures they take don't do the animals and scenery justice. We asked Jimmy Tohill to give some advice on taking good pictures. In this section, he describes where he was and how he found his wildlife subjects.

• more photo tips Jimmy Tohill gives basic advice on picture taking. Get out your camera manual because one piece of advice is to figure out how your camera works.

• interesting stuff When you see a coyote from far off – how do you know it's not a wolf? When you see a large hoof print - how do you know whether it's a moose or a caribou? Turn here to find out.

• winter in denali While you're here, it is hard to imagine that for at least six months of the year much of Denali Park is snowbound. Here is a glimpse of what happens during the Denali winter.

• alaska's national parks There are many National Parks in Alaska. You can drive to some of them and others you can take a boat to. Some are remote and you'll have to fly into them. All of them are unique and offer an unparalleled experience found only in Alaska.

• paint the northern lights Because you'll probably be in Alaska during the summer, you won't see the "aurora borealis," or northern lights. That's because the days are so long, and there's no darkness. You can approximate the experience by trying out this special program that Luke Weld made for us a few years ago. (Here are some tips. Press the + sign while painting, and the northern lights get longer. Press the - sign and they get shorter. You can also sprinkle stars across the northern sky.) Show this to your kids, or classroom.