Colors of the Tundra

Now that I have been here in Alaska for almost a year, I have seen the full colors of the tundra. I never knew it went though so many color changes. It starts being snow covered in Jan, Feb and most of March.


The end of March, the snow began to melt and the browns of the tundra came through. As the snow melts, the rivers run high and there is a lot of standing water everywhere.











The first flowers to come through were the red/pink kind. I don't know what type of flowers they were, but the whole tundra was covered in them.










The bushes green up and it begins to look like home again. You can see the red floweres on the hill in the back ground.

About mid-May the tundra cotton comes in. The whole tundra looks white making it look like it is cover in snow.











As the snow melts, the water pools in the tundra and the puddles become more prevalent.










Late Aug and Sept the berries come out in full force. These are the low bush blueberries.













The low bush cranberries follow after the blueberries.
















As the weather cools, the fall colors come in. The grasses turn from green to gold and rust.

The red flowers come back in late fall just before the snow comes again.

The fall colors in full glory. The fall colors were almost as amazing as the aspen trees in Colorado.

From here the snow came back. Everything is covered in white again and the seasons start once again.