Category: rain

Birding on assignment

I don’t usually go out to the waterfront for birding in squally and rainy weather. This weekend I was on a photo assignment to shoot the arrival and departure of the LNG tanker GasLog Glasgow. That meant were lots of opportunities at Wahtl Creek and MK Bay in Kitimat, BC on June 28. June 28 […]

First LNG shipment leaves Kitimat June 28 to June 30, 2025

  The first shipment of kiquefied natural gas from the LNG Canada facility here in Kitimat departed on on a rainy and squally afternoon of June 30,  the GasLog Glasgow arrived very early on June 28, loaded the shipment and then departed for Korea on June 30. Images shot on assignment for  The Globe and […]

The high flare

The natural gas flare rises an estimated 60 metres above a tower at the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, BC, June 18. Beginning on June 16, the extensive flaring is part of the flushing and cool down process prior to the liquified natural gas plant becoming operational. The flare height will vary between 20 metres […]

Foggy Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day

In honour of St. Patrick’s Day,  March 17, 2025, a foggy  and rainy day at  the famous  ancient Bronze Age Dun Aengus (Anglicized) fort on the Isle of Aran, County Galway,  Ireland. I visited Dún Aonghasa  (Irish)   during a trip to Ireland in the spring of 1978.  Ancestry says I am 16% Irish.

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.    

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.

August skies

  August was a good month for sky shooting.  We had a couple of nights when the sky was clear enuogh for shooting the aurora borealis or nothern lights as the sun is at high activity at the moment.  These are all shot from my back deck, which is not an ideal location with city […]