Photography-Life in Alaska-Random Thoughts
Photography highlighting Alaska, the most beautiful place on earth.
The aurora showed up last night around 10:30 pm and looked like it was really going to blow up around midnight. Instead, the wind cranked up to around 40mph! Luckily, it was really warm, but it was blowing so hard it was almost impossible to keep the camera from shaking, even though I was hiding behind the end of the house. Clouds were blasting across the sky, and then completely covered it around 1:30 am.
It's been an interesting couple of weeks weather-wise here in Bear Valley. Cold for a couple of weeks; a whole bunch of snow--almost 3 feet in 5 days, followed by 50mph winds and +40ºf temperatures the last couple of nights with rain. This morning at 5:30 am there was a pretty good 4.6 magnitude earthquake that gave the house a nice, sharp jolt. Gravity took over and we've had a nice avalanche off the slippery metal roof of our woodshed.
Lady Aurora really put on a show this morning between midnight and about 2am. Really active, a couple
The Aurora came out to play for a bit late last night/early this morning. Shot between 11:30pm and 2am here in Bear Valley. It was a brisk -10ºF at the time :) Better than the Fairbanks aurora shooters who were getting pictures at -40ºF. The display never really got cranking here in Anchorage, but tonight is supposed to be even stronger, so I'll be watching and waiting.
We got another 8" of snow last night, so at least 16" in the last two days. Everything is buried under a blanket of white fluff and it's beautiful. Now we head for some of the coldest temperatures we've had in a couple of years. Life in Alaska at its best right now :)
