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2009 Year in Pictures

Explore our staff selections of the best images from 2009 on adn.com out of the news, sports, wildlife, military and reader-submitted galleries.

PHOTOS: BEST OF DECEMBER

Best of December 2009

A giant inflatable Santa Claus awaits visitors in the lobby of the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center Wednesday December 2, 2009 downtown.

See the best photographs from the ADN in December.

Best of November 2009

Check out the best photos offered by the Anchorage Daily News in November 2009.

Photo gallery

Best of October 2009

Sunshine hits the steep slopes of Matanuska Peak on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, where the snow is disappearing as fast as the leaves in valley with above normal temperatures over the weekend.

See the best photos from the Anchorage Daily News for the month of October.

Best of September

See the Anchorage Daily News' best photos of September.

Best of August

See the best photographs running on adn.com and the Anchorage Daily News in the month of August.

PHOTO GALLERY

Best of July 2009

Grace Burgess waits backstage befoer the start of the Pink Run fashion show Friday, July 31, 2009, at ChangePoint church. The fashion show is a benefit for Breast Cancer Focus, an organization that provides funds for breast cancer advocacy, giving and research within the state. Ten models all wore hot pink wigs during the event, which was hosted by Miss Alaska Sydnee Waggoner and organized by her sister Ashley Waggoner.

A selection of the best photos in the Anchorage Daily News in July.

Best of June 2009

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows an Air Force F-22 Raptor executing a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis Monday June 22, 2009 in the Gulf of Alaska.

The best photos appearing in the Anchorage Daily News in June 2009.

Photo gallery

Best of May 2009

The Guido's Pizza/Vito's Auto Sales team and  the Merrill Lynch/Casa Cuna squad exchange high-fives after their men's B division softball game at Cartee Fields on Thursday evening, May 7, 2009. Merrill Lynch/Casa Cuna won the game, 14-13.

See the best photographs from the Anchorage Daily News for the month of May, 2009.

Best of April

Magdalena Orczewska, left, and her mother, Helena Orczewska, view the sunset from Point Woronzof in Anchorage in April 2009.

See the best of the Anchorage Daily News photographs from the month of April 2009.

Best of March

Runners in the couples heat dodge a pair of reindeer during Fur Rondy's 2nd Annual Running of the Reindeer March 1, 2009.

The best photojournalistic work of the Anchorage Daily News photographers of March 2009.

Best of February

Snowboarders make their way down from near the top of the Mile 16 Run of the Hatcher Pass Road last week. Drivers drop boarders and skiers at Mile 16 of the  road and pick them up for a wheeled ski lift to the top after their descent to the road below.

Best of February gallery

Best of January

Alaskans celebrate at the 50th Anniversary of Statehood Gala Friday evening January 2, 2009 at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center.

Bitter cold got the new year started in Anchorage.



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