One quick tease early this morning.
Aurora forecasts were really strong for last night and this morning so I was hoping for a big show. Sadly, this is all we got around 12:30 am--a couple of quick spikes of color and then the ice-fog/haze moved in and blocked everything.
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The perfect Winter Solstice ending.
What better way to end my favorite day of the year than to have a pretty decent aurora display! It's been quite awhile since we've seen them in Anchorage. This started early--it just became visible around 9:30 pm and then really got active around midnight. I finally gave up at 3 am. Click on images to view full-screen.
Here comes the sun. Happy Solstice!
My favorite day of the year here in Alaska is Winter Solstice! We get to begin our daily march back towards a summer filled with light. It will take a couple of months before direct sunlight hits our house again, but the ridges behind us that block the light are glowing this afternoon in celebration.
O'Malley Peak basking in the sunset.
The scene Saturday afternoon as the sun set on the Chugach Mountains behind Anchorage.
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