Hello Moose!

The first moose we've seen in the yard this winter, which is rare, but it's been a tough winter on them, and there's really not that much to eat around the house that's easily accessible.   There's much deeper snow than the past couple of winters and it's been colder, so glad to see a healthy cow that has made it this far.   Now comes the toughest month for them; they've gone through almost all of their fat reserves and are just hanging on until things start to green up.  Hopefully she makes it and gives birth to two or three little ones in May.

Oh, what a heavenly light--and night!

By far, the most intense, most active, and longest lasting aurora display of the season here in Anchorage.  She started showing around 10:30 pm and then at 2 am this morning the aurora just exploded!  At times the sky was completely filled with aurora from horizon to horizon in all directions.  Wave upon wave of color, curtains, and spikes.  Corona exploding directly overhead and raining sheets of colors.  

Around 3 am, some puffy clouds began moving in, but they just added to the drama of the night.   I finally had to give up around 3:30 am--just couldn't shoot anymore.   As usual, I'm going to post way too many pictures, but I hope you like them.   Trust me, you want to see these on a big monitor :)

Oh, you are such a tease sometimes ;)

Stayed up all night again for what was forecast to be another big show.  Hah!  Lady Aurora teased me all night long.  She'd get just strong enough for me to put all my winter gear on and head outside to shoot--and she'd disappear!  I'd wait patiently for a half-hour or so, give up and go back inside, take off all my gear, and sure enough, there she was again--whispering to come back outside.  Repeat this scene over and over until 4 am.   This was the only decent shot I got all night around 12:30 am, but you can bet I'll be out there again tonight because the forecast is really strong :)

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