Denali, Alaska Range, Viewed From Wonder Lake in Denali National Park

A huge snow-covered mountain in the distance, with a flat, open landscape in front of it, some low plants in the foreground

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Taken on May. 16, 2007

This photo shows Denali, for a short time known as Mt. McKinley, the tallest mountain in the Alaska Range and in all of North America. In the foreground is Wonder Lake and a flat, open landscape typical of the lower elevations around the edges of this region. Although these mountains reach to the highest elevations in North America, they are slightly more open and interrupted than the mountain ranges to the south and southeast.