Category: winter

Moonrise over Mt. Elizabeth

A waxing gibbous moon (91 per cent) rises over Kitimat’s iconic Mt. Elizabeth on a frigid afternoon, Febuary 8, 2017.   The moon begins its climb into the sky near the peak of Mt. Elizabeth. (RobinRowland)   And reaches above the twin peaks. (Robin Rowland) A wider view of the moon over the twin peaks […]

Kitimat River estuary Christmas bird count 2016

  I made the annual trip with Walter Thorne into the Kitimat River estuary on Saturday,  Dec. 17 for that leg of the Kitimat Christmas Bird Count. We didn’t see as much variety as in previous years because the region had been the grip of an icy -15 C at least cold snap for the […]

December Sun over Douglas Channel

The December sun over Kitimat harbour and Douglas Channel, December 10, 2015. (Robin Rowland) The view of Douglas Channel from a park near my house in Kitimat. A panorama created with Lightroom CS new merge and panoramic feature. The original would be 38 inches wide if printed at full size.