September skies

Robin Rowland 
Birds in flight at sunset over Kitimat pass over the LNG flare and smoke from Rro Tinto Sept 9. (Robin Rowland)

Kitmat BC’s official motto is “A Marvel of Nature and Industry.”   Even so I don’t get much of a chance to take a photograph that illustrates that idea.  September 9 did give me an opporunity.  A beautiful early fall night.   I first stepped out, the rising  31.1% waxing ccrescent moon  was over Douglas Channel,  along with  a flight of birds at 7:45 pm.

The 31.1% waxing crescent moon behind whsipy clouds at 7:45 pm, Sept 9,2024. (Robin Rowland)

 

The moon over Douglas Channel at 8:03 pm Sept 9. (Robin Rowland)
A wider shot of the moon, Dpuglas Channel and the LNG flare at 8:12 pm, as more birds head out to the Channel. Sept 9. (Robin Rowland)

 

 

The Moon over the LNG flare at 8:25  pm Sept 9. (Robin Rowland)
A gorgeous sunset over Kitimat, at 7:38 pm. Sept 11. (Robin Rowland)
The 50.5% waxing gibbous moon approaches the LNG flare at 9:34 pm, Sept 11, 2024. (Robin Rowland)

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