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Dec 21: luminary walk, aurora, bridges and a train
I drove to Denali National Park on solstice to take part in their first annual Luminary Walk with my friend Susan. It was about -15F when we arrived, but we did the mile-long walk anyway! There were a lot more … Continue reading
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Nov 30: finally aurora and “Battery Exhausted†at -13F
Monday night around 8pm I headed to pick up a friend in North Pole, which was under a stinky cloudy of wood burning stoves’ smoke haze that made me cough and curse about air quality, and then we went to … Continue reading
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Fisheye and faint aurora
Over the holiday weekend a friend of mine was house-sitting out by Moose Mountain, off Murphy Dome Road, and invited me to come out and enjoy the dark sky and a hot tub with her any night she was there. … Continue reading
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Wacky dreams!
Yesterday a friend got a great photo of a boreal owl which must have planted of “seed of need†for me to get out and take some pictures into my dreams since I just woke from a wacky dream where … Continue reading
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My first Milky Way shot.
My friend Caroline and I drove to Wasilla and back on Saturday and we stopped just before Cantwell to look at the stars. I was not thinking or planning for Milky Way shots and had no idea what setting I … Continue reading
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Downtown aurora, Oct 6
These were seen from my house downtown Fairbanks around 9pm. Big aurora storm is still coming through and though I was not planning on going out this week, I think I might end up heading out tonight anyway. Sony a6000, … Continue reading
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Denali with longer lens
It’s shoulder season again so I went to Denali on Thursday. We left Fairbanks at about 10am and got home at 11pm which made for a really long day. Â Although the park had snow over the previous weekend (during lottery … Continue reading
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Denali trip, Sept 11 – Eielson shuttle
On Friday, September 11, the second day of our three-day trip to Denali, we took the Eielson Visitor Center shuttle tour. It was the first time we’ve ever done this and though we enjoyed the tour, I now have complete … Continue reading
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Denali trip, Sept 10-12: day 1
This year for my husband’s birthday we visited Denali National Park and Preserve. Although we have lived in Alaska for seven years and gone to the park a few times, we had never taken a shuttle bus tour or played … Continue reading
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Hiking Angel Rocks and Hot Springs Soak, or why I don’t ache as much thought I might
Melody and I took a day over the holiday weekend to hike the Angel Rocks loop and then we went to Chena Hot Springs to get dinner and soak in the rock pool. This was my first time doing the Angel … Continue reading
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