Photography-Life in Alaska-Random Thoughts
Photography highlighting Alaska, the most beautiful place on earth.
We had a short show early last night starting around 9pm. A couple of nice streaks, but that was about it, and then it was gone. Probably the last aurora for this year as we’ve got a winter storm coming in this afternoon. Happy New Year, everyone!
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Thought we might get a good one, but this was about as strong as it got here in Anchorage early last night. Fairbanks got another big show. We keep missing out. Still fun to see.
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It’s good to have a pair of Canada Jays around the house again, especially on Winter Solstice. We haven’t seen any in a while.
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Just as we head to Winter Solstice, we’re enjoying a clear and cold-for Anchorage-spell of weather. -2ºf downtown and even colder in some parts of town today. Much colder in other parts of the Alaska. Thick hoarfrost coats everything in a blanket of icy glitter. We’ve had record breaking snow the past couple of weeks, and the wettest year on record. The short days start getting longer tomorrow.
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We’re taking an early winter break to visit Devany’s sister on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, and to celebrate my birthday. We happened to be here while the Haleiwa Challenger surf competition was on. I love shooting surf competitions, so we spent a couple of days watching that.
Devany’s sister works for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, so we had the chance to go out with her and check on Albatross nesting sites on lands that she’s been responsible for eradicating invasive species of plants and restoring the land back to its natural state to increase nesting areas. Managed to see a couple of endangered Hawaiian Monk seals as well.
Plus it’s about 80º warmer than back in Alaska, so that’s not a terrible thing either.
