A flare in the fog
September 24, 2024
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.
Category: Photoblog
Harvest Supermoon rises over Kitimat
September 18, 2024
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
September 15, 2024
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 […]
September skies
September 13, 2024
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 […]
New electric tug Haisea Wamis arrives in Kitimat
July 29, 2024
The first of three new style electric tugboats, the Haisea Wamis, arrived in Kitimat, BC, on the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation, on the afternoon of July 29, 2024. HaiSea Marine is a joint venture majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan. HaiSea Marine has a major contract with LNG […]
A visit to the Nisga’a lava beds
June 5, 2024
I just returned from my trip to Prince Rupert and the Khutzeymateen when I was on the road again to the traditional territory of the Nisga’a Nation to see the Nisga’a Museum and the famous Nisga’a lava beds. The original trip by the Kitimat Museum and Archives was cancelled when Covid began and was rescheduled […]
Grizzly bears in Khutzeymateen
June 5, 2024
On May 29, 2024, I took the Prince Rupert Adventure Tours tour of the Khutzeymateen grizzly sanctuary. Here are the shots of the grizzlies, one black bear and the landscape. The first bear we spotted as a black bear at Tsampanaknok Bay. Then deeper in to the Khutzeymateen we spotted a grizzly swimming along the […]