Photography-Life in Alaska-Random Thoughts
Photography highlighting Alaska, the most beautiful place on earth.
It's been a couple of years since we've tried making ice-globes for Christmas. This year was a bit too warm, so they weren't as frozen as we thought and a couple broke when we moved them. Devany is going to fill the broken shells with colored water and see how they look. I love how the food coloring is compressed into a globe within a globe as the water balloons freeze solid. The depth of the bubbles is fascinating. A fun winter project.
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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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.
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.
