Such a tease.
Just before midnight saw a band of color on the horizon, but this is as strong as she got.
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 ;)