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posted: October 31st, 2016 |
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This page begins with the night of October 14th, just two days before this month's full moon. We went out and found amazing Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) again. We suspected that the moon would reduce the chances of getting any decent photos but, to the contrary, our photos came out better than ever. Then we jump to a single shot taken on October 17th, a few shots taken on October 20th - pre-snow and post-snow, and then October 21st. After that there are a mere two shots from October 22nd, shots of the Alaska Range near Delta Junction, Alaska again. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin October 14th |
These first three shots of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights were once again taken from our driveway. In all three shots you can, of course, easily find the nearly full moon.
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Now we have walked up the road about 500 meters to continue. We suspected that the presence of the moon would make the Aurora virtually invisible in these photos, so we were very pleasantly surprised when they came out like this.
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The bands near the moon then disappeared and more bands appeared more to the north and to the east. For the center shot I certainly wish my camera had been aimed just a few more degrees to the right, but the aurora are very dynamic and by the time my camera was ready to take another shot, that display had disappeared.
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The first two shots in this row were taken looking more or less to the southeast. The third shot was taken looking more or less to the northwest.
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All three of these shots were taken looking kind of to the northwest.
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The second and third images in this row were taken pretty much looking to the north - study them and you can find the Big Dipper. The first one may have been taken while looking to the northwest, I'm not sure.
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Both of these shots were, quite obviously, taken while looking up the road, which would make the direction, north. You can find the Big Dipper in both of them.
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| End October 14th, Begin October 17th |
We finally bought a TV - a 39 inch Hitachi Model #LE39A309. So, the next day I built a TV stand. Then, we had a use for our DVDs and therefore unboxed our DVD collection, which had remained in the boxes since we arrived from Japan. That meant that I also had to build DVD shelves. The unit to the left of the TV is what I came up. It's not fancy, but it serves the purpose. This is in our loft, which is also our bedroom.
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On October 20th snow was forecast for the afternoon, so I wanted to take some pre-snow and post-snow photos. In this row are three pre-snow photos taken at around 10:00 AM. The first one shows the west part of the house, our pickup truck and the woodshed. The center shot is the woodshed with the new wood on the left, rounds which need to be split, on the ground to the right of the wheelbarrow, and the first rick of wood which we will use this winter on the far right. The third photo was taken from the driveway. We take quite a few of our Aurora shots from this very spot, but with the camera aimed higher.
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The first shot in this row was quite obviously, taken looking up the driveway. The second shot was taken from the northwest corner of the house looking to the northwest. These photos were also taken at around 10:00 AM.
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Here are two panoramic images. The first one shows the eastern portion of the house and the land while looking to the north. The second one shows the woodshed and western portion of the property. These too, were taken at around 10:00 AM.
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Okay, the weather forecast was correct and it snowed. By the time the storm finished there was less than an inch on the ground, but the ground was already frozen before the snow started, so it stuck to the ground from the first flake. The third show was taken at 6:05 PM - some nice sunset colors behind the clouds.
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Now it's October 21st and still snowing, but as I said above, the total accumulation for this storm was less than an inch. You can compare these photos with those up above which were taken before the snow.
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Here are two shots of our birdfeeder. Most of the birds we see (so far) are Black-Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus).
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These two images were taken on October 22nd from up the road from our house - once again we show you the Alaska Range near Delta Junction, Alaska. On the far left is Mt. Hayes (13,832 ft = 4,216 m), in the center is Hess Mountain (11,940 ft = 3,639 m) and on the right is Mt. Deborah (12,339 ft = 3,761 m). The second photo is a two-shot panorama and shows Hess Mountain (11,940 ft = 3,639 m) on the left and Mt. Deborah (12,339 ft = 3,761 m) on the right.
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