Dillon Mountain Aurora

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Aurora borealis over Dillon Mountain in the Alaska Brooks Range.

Aurora borealis over Dillon Mountain in the Alaska Brooks Range.

Back from an amazing trip well north of the Arctic Circle into the Alaska Brooks Range as part of an awesome Aurora photo tour.  This was one of the first nights – it got better every night, culminating with a coupe of hours of the best Aurora I have ever photographed!  I’ll share more in the days to come.

Home and Gone

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Aerial of my hometown of Seward, Alaska from this past fall.

Aerial of my hometown of Seward, Alaska from this past fall.

Well I’m already off – heading North of the Arctic Circle to co-lead an Aurora Photo Tour.  I won’t have internet, so I’ll be out of touch for about 10 days.  See you on the backside!

Cactus Sunrise

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Anza-Borrego from earlier this week.

Anza-Borrego from earlier this week.

I’m posting from the Phoenix Airport waiting for my flight back to Alaska.  It was a great six weeks in the desert.

I’m only home for two very busy days – we have a unusually large back-load of prints to prepare and ship during these two days – not sure why the increase, but no complaints!  And thanks for your patience!

Then I’m off to the Arctic to co-lead an Aurora photo tour with Hugh Rose.  Should be a great trip!  I know most of the guests, and it will be a fun group.

Glorietta Canyon

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Chuparosa in Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Arizona.

Chuparosa in Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

This was about an hour ago.

Wrapped up another fun workshop yesterday without the challenges of the rain when had the previous weekend  After watching everyone else photograph, I was excited to get back out there this morning.

Here is my last update on the Anza-Borrego Desert wildflowers.  There are still pretty good patches along Henderson Canyon Road, but with temps nearing 90 degrees, lot of foot traffic and a few caterpillars, there best days do seem to be behind them.  There are lots of blooming cactus to be found in many areas – Glorietta Canyon is probably one of the more productive locations.  Otherwise, most of the other areas have now faded or been gobbled up by caterpillars.

Borrego Sunset

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Sunset, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

Sunset, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

Recent sunset in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Sunday through Monday we received almost another half a inch of rain – made for some challenging conditions for my workshop, but could benefit the wildflowers going forward.