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#alaska

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Lee Petersen

I’ve spent hundreds of nights watching the aurora in Alaska, but this night at Angel Rocks is still burned into my memory. I hiked up at sunset, found a spot on a rocky outcrop, and waited — and when the lights came, they came fast. One of the brightest, most intense aurora I’ve ever seen, racing across the sky and lighting up the whole valley below.

See more aurora in my gallery: photos.lwpetersen.com/Gallerie

A vibrant display of the northern lights arcs across the night sky in shades of green with subtle hints of yellow, twisting in fast-moving bands. The aurora stretches diagonally from the top left corner down toward the horizon on the right. Below, a large rocky outcrop at Angel Rocks in Alaska rises from the snow-covered landscape, with patches of bare rock and scattered small trees clinging to its slopes. In the distance, rolling hills and ridges, partly covered in snow, stretch toward the horizon under a deep, clear sky dotted with stars.
#auroraborealis#northernlights#alaska
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Nancy Gleason Photography

A rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) stands in shallow water in the nearshore zone of Kachemak Bay. Snow is accumulating on its back.

I shot this on my Sony a6600 with the 200-600mm fully zoomed in, then cropped the photo.

After this trip to Homer in March last year, I upgraded several personal items for cold weather photography - new mittens and snow boots to start. I was prepared for 20-30 F, but not with 15mph wind added to that chill.
#NaturePhotography #birds #Alaska #BirdPhotography

A gray and white shorebird is standing in shallow water at the edge of a gravelly shore. The bird is facing to the right. The shore is icy and snowflakes are accumulating on the bird's back.
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Chuck Berray

36 years ago today. I was the Chief Photographer at the ABC station in Anchorage. I will never forget our plane dropping out of the clouds over the wreck of the Exxon Valdez and being horrified at what we saw. I took this picture several months later as they were getting ready to tow it back to California. Today--not a mention in the local paper. #Alaska #ExxonValdez

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MicheleV_AK

This is Mt. Spurr; it's a volcano and has been quite active for several weeks. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says there is a very good chance it will erupt, which hasn't happened since 1992, I think. We live very close to Mt. Spurr. I very much do NOT want it to erupt!! 😞 #Alaska #MtSpurrVolcano

A beautiful photo of the Mt. Spurr volcano covered in snow in Cook Inlet, Alaska. It has been quite active for a few weeks.
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Jeff
This was taken a few months ago when we still had snow on the spruce trees.

Normally in Fairbanks we dont get a lot of snow. The storms that dump snow along the coast and partial interior mountain ranges usually have very little left by the time they reach the interior. What it does give us is cold temps and clear skies, which is perfect for holding the little snow we do get, and having great aurora viewing.

This winter started out normal, but over the past few months we have had consistent warm temperatures and wind, which has removed all the snow from our usually laden trees.

I always am on the lookout for aurora images using terrestrial nature as a foreground, up here that is mainly trees. So when I discovered this little pocket a few meters away from my winter cabin when I moved in, I was ecstatic.

But getting a corona framed directly overhead of this pocket was another thing. Since I’m out on tours most nights, I rarely have time to do any shooting at my house. And usually when I do, I get so caught up in the moment, that by the time I realize it would be a good view from “the spruce pocket”, it’s too late. But on this night I was ready for it and wow what a show. Personally this is one of my favorite images from this winter as it is the culmination of a lot of planning and patience.

Sony a7iii 20mm, 4” 1600iso f/1.8 touched up in affinity

#aurora #northernlights #auroraborealis #alaska #astrophotography #winter #lookup #sonyalpha #stars #nightsky #winterwonderland #nature #neonlights
#neonlights
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