The US military built another airport on the edge of this plain close to the beach,where young pilots battled inexperience and the infamous Aleutian weather.
Airplane wrecks can still be found on the steep slopes of Adak.
Snow does not last long on the flat at this time of the year.
Wind and rain sweeps it off almost as quickly as it accumulates,
but not so on the slopes rising to the caldera situated behind in this view.
Black is volcanic ash. Brown is tundra.
I am loving these photos of the Aleutians. Stunning. My grandfather was a P-40 pilot in the Aleutians during WW2. Stationed both at Adak, and Umnak. This summer I will embark on a WW2 tour of the Aleutians beginning at Dutch all the way to Umnak, Attu, Kiska, then ending at Adak. I look forward to digging deeper into your posts for more photos.
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