Category: Alpha 77

A flare in the fog

The second atmospheric river hit Kitimat on September 24, with the town socked in all day.  So here is the LNG Canada flare through the fog.    

Birds in a storm

The first of a projected series of atmospheric rivers hit Kitimat on the afternoon of September 21. To my surprise there was lively and heavy bird activity in my backyard, including more than a dozen dark-eyed juncos, five of the steller’s jays that live in the trees by my house, a couple of northern flickers, […]

Stormy spider webs

The heavy rain of the  atmospheric river on September 21 illuminates two large spider webs on my back deck. The way the light worked the webs were only visible from one specific angle.

Harvest Supermoon rises over Kitimat

The  Harvest Supermoon rises at 8:32 pm on September 17 over Kitimat through some clouds hugging the mountains. The partial lunar eclipse was not visible here. The moon was below the horizon when the eclipse occurred from 7:12 to 7:44 pm PT in the northwest coast.  

The Flare

To modify an old saying(or curse) “May you live in interesting light.” Photography is all about light. Woke up just before 5 am this morning, looked out the window and the fog was so thick I could hardly see across the street. Then a few minutes later, the fog lifted. So images of the LNG […]

First robin of spring 2024

The first American robin of spring 2024., a male, appeared in my backyard on Sunday, March 24..