Alpenglow.
After two days of 60+mph winds, it has finally calmed down and the sunset tonight bathed the Chugach Mountains behind the house with beautiful Alpenglow.
A bit of a show early this morning.
I wasn't expecting any aurora last night, but when one of my aurora alert apps beeped at midnight I checked and sure enough, she was starting to build. Got all geared up and outside to shoot for about 2 hours. There was a layer of low clouds that hampered things a bit, and she never really got very strong, but it's always fun to see her.
Happy Alaska Day!
150 years ago Alaska was formally transferred to the United States. This is what she looks like this morning. Click for full-screen.
What took you so long?
5 minutes after I put up the bird feeders for the winter ;)
Hello, Hatcher Pass! The first really good Aurora show of the season.
The aurora forecast was for a kp6 storm for last night/early this morning. With mostly cloudy skies here in Bear Valley, I decided to take a chance and make the 90 minute drive up to Hatcher Pass near Palmer. Oh boy, was the drive worth it! Got there at 11 pm, but the show really didn't get going until around 1 am, when it looked like the sun was coming up--but that was the aurora exploding behind the ridges. She grew and became really active, but with displays that only lasted for 20-30 seconds at a time. This went on until I finally gave up at 3:30 am and made the drive home. What a wonderful night. It was great to be out shooting aurora again.
