Chugach Moonrise

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This was last night (Sunday) from my front porch!  This is looking across the bay at Mt. Alice through a 70-200 telephoto.  There is no question I have more photos of this mountain then any other subject!

I had hoped to photograph this scene on Saturday night since the last sunlight of the day would have been illuminating the mountain as the moon peaked over the ridge.  But, unfortunately about the only clouds we have seen in sometime moved in during that one hour – go figure.

Glacier Leaf

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I found this leaf embedded into the surface of Spencer glacier earlier this summer.  What is interesting is that this was way out on the ice miles from the nearest tree.

Aurora Borealis

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Last night!  Funny, I spent two nights up North in Denali this week for the Aurora Borealis and didn’t see anything.  But, twice this week I had great aurora down here in Seward which is far less likely!  I’m not complaining, it is a wonderful show anywhere you see it!  Actually it is much nicer to have them down here where you don’t have to deal with the cold.  🙂

Early Winter

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We ended the month of September with 26.43 inches of rain – almost an inch a day!  At you  can see by this photo from Saturday, our rain did finally end – but I don’t think snow is what most people were hoping when they wished the rain would end.  🙂

To be accurate, this is from a higher elevation, it didn’t actually snow in Seward – and it is beautifully sunny today!

Chugach Fall

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Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

With a couple more big storms with wind in the near forecast, I figured I better get out yesterday despite the rain as it might be my only chance for fall colors here on the Kenai Peninsula.

Savannah Sparrow

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Savannah Sparrow on wild iris, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Savannah Sparrow on wild iris, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

Found this image yesterday as I edited my summer images.  This was actually a test exposure from a video assignment back in July.  The client wanted song birds on wildflowers “like the photos on my website”.  Problem is, that is no easy task and can take a lot of time and luck.  Fortunately, I can usually count on this little meadow not too far from home and it came through on this day!