Tag: Christmas

Christmas Eve moonrise over Mt. Elizabeth

A rare Christmas Eve waxing gibbous (almost full at 98.4 per cent) moonrise over Mt. Elizabeth in Kitimat. (Robin Rowland) Sony Alpha 55 at 200mm. The moon rise over Mt. Elizabeth, 500mm Minolta mirror lens with Sony Alpha 77. (Robin Rowland) About 20 minutes before moonrise. Mt. Elizabeth at dusk. (Robin Rowland) The moonrise in […]

Shell station in the fog

Foggy night in December

Go for a walk on a foggy night and the Christmas lights look oh so different. A big display of Christmas lights on Lahakas Boulevard, Kitimat, seen through the fog (Robin Rowland) And here’s what the lights look close up. (Robin Rowland) My own rather modest display of Christmas lights. All images taken with my […]

Christ the King Choir

Holiday season begins with Kitimat’s rain-drenched Festival of Lights

Hundreds of people (including lots of kids) turned out in a chilly, wet, West Coast November downpour on Saturday for Kitimat’s Festival of Lights, officially marking the start of the holiday season.   A construction truck created an arch of Christmas lights over Mountainview Square. (Robin Rowland)   Puddles reflected the lights as the rain […]