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Panorama Borealis, by G. Donald Bain — An Exhibition of Panoramic Photography, Palmela, Portugal, Summer 2011
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| 68 | Grizzly Bear Looking at Me | ||
| Granduc Mine Road, British Columbia, Canada | |||
| September 18, 2010 | |||
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| I was driving slowly along the Granduc Mine Road, looking for a spot to take my next panorama of the Salmon Glacier, when I saw an animal cross the road ahead. When I got to that point I stopped and looked in the bushes. A grizzly bear reared up to look back at me. He was over seven feet tall.
I was safe in my van, but if I had been on foot I would probably have been charged and mauled, maybe killed. Ten years ago in this very area a man was killed and eaten by a bear. Luckily I had a camera handy, my trusty Olympus Pen, and I started taking pictures. The bear decided that my van was bigger than he was (6000 pounds to his 1000) and moved away behind the screen of willow bushes. |
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| Type: regular photograph | |||
| Printed dimensions: 40.0 cm wide, 30.0 cm high | |||
| Interactive version: none | |||
| Virtual Guidebooks locality page: The Salmon Glacier | |||
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