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While out birding on January 27, 2024, I also took images of the surrounding landscape during the atmospheric river storm. Given the “atmosphere” I converted all to black and white.
A telephoto shot from MK Bay Marina showing old pilings and the Kitamaat Village gazebo. (Robin Rowland)
A wide shot of MK Bay looking toward Kitimat harbour. (Robin Rowland)
The Kitimat waterfront, during the atmospheric river, January 27, 2024. Ice from creeks and the river float on Douglas Channel. (Robin Rowland)
A boat heads out in a foggy and choppy Douglas Channel. (Robin Rowland)
MK Bay Marina. (Robin Rowland)
The forest near MK Bay Marina. (Robin Rowland)
Back home, the view from my front window showed almost zero visibility in the fog. Samsung Galaxy S23 image. (Robin Rowland)
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I went out with local birders on Saturday January27 to do the monthly shorebird count. One of the many atmospheric rivers sweeping in from the Pacific Ocean meant heavy rain, fog and some wind. It certainly didn’t stop the birds nor the birders.
A blelted kingfisher on the outlook for prey at MK Bay Marina, January 27. 2204 in heavy rain during an atomospheric river.
Male and female mallards at Wathl Creek as it empties into Douglas Channel. Heavy rain bouncing off the water. (Robin Rowland)
There were at least 60 probably more common mergansers both at Wahtl Creek and further out from MK Bay Marina.
Here are three males and female. (Robin Rowland)
Two male common mergansers. (Robin Rowland)
Three female common mergansers. (Robin Rowland)
There were a lot of mergansers further out in the harbour. (Robin Rowland)
A crow flies across the Wahtl ereek estuary with something in its mouth. (Robin Rowland)
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There was a polar vortex over most of western North America for the past few days, with temperatures in Kitimat from -16 C with windchills as much as -30 at times. I did not venture out into the cold. All the photographs were taken from my upstairs bedroom with my Samsung Android S23, with the raw enhancement. One exception are the photos of the sea smoke which I took with my Sony Alpha 55 with the Tamron 70 to 300 lens.
Janury 14, 2024, 5:06 pm
A silvery 11.1% waxing new moon in clear, cold skies at sunset. (Robin Rowland)
January 14. 8:06 am
Icy dawn in Kitimat. (Robin Rowland)
Just after noon, January 13, 12:06 pm. Clear, cold skies with the sun at the zenith. (Robin Rowland)
The frigid temperatures meant “ice smoke” was rising from Douglas Channel. January 13, 9:36 am. (Robin Rowland)
Extreme cold in Kitimat (Robin Rowland)
January 13 at 8:33 a.m. A few brave birds high in the sky. (Robin Rowland)
Sunset, January 12. 4:08 pm. (Robin Rowland)
First light of dawn on the mountains, January 10. 9:21 pm. (Robin Rowland)
Some views before the polar vortex moved in.
Early morning January 9, at 9:32 (Robin Rowland)
A 29% waning moon over Kitimat and Douglas Channel., January 6, 9:24 a.m. (Robin Rowland)
Fog in Kitimat, January 6, 8:28 (Robin Rowland)
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A view of Kitimat during an early morning power outage, Dec.26, 2023. (Robin Rowland)
It is interesting the kind of photographs that people like. Early on Dec. 26, Boxing Day, there was a power outage mostly in the Kildala neighborhood here in Kitimat, after a stormy, windy and rainy night,
People on social media were asking question, so I went to a window and used my Android phone to take a quick shot as an indicator,. Most of the Kildala neighborhood is dark, except the hospital to the right which, of course, has a generator and perhaps some other buildings in the mall.
The Rio Tinto aluminum smelter, which has its own power supply is lit up. But the LNG Canada site apepars dark. The big tower has no bright red aircraft warning lights. (See earlier moon shots for the bright red lights).
The power came back about a half hour after the photo was taken,
The photo was posted on both my personal Facebook page and the Kitimat awareness group page.
What surprised me that the photo got so many likes on personal page from friends across Canada and a good many likes on the awareness page, more than sometimes the more interesting landscape shots I have posed.
Taken with a Galaxy S23 with the raw enhanced app Expert Raw which is a free add on downloadable.
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The weather in Kitimat has been awful during most of the fall, cold, windy, rainy, foggy and generally miserable. Not unexpected in a La Nina year.
I went down to Kitamaat Village for the monthly bird count in a rain squall. So the visibility was pretty bad. As I was about to leave, a half dozen northwestern crows landed right beside me, in the pouring rain and stayed long enough for me to shoot their portraits.
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A near blizzard did not stop the people of Kitimat turning out for the Remembrance Day service on November 11, 2017.
Building a snowman before the Remembrance Day service (Robin Rowland)
Laura Mckenzie and Linda Lewis checking the wreaths prior to the service (Robin Rowland)
An RCMP officer leads the colour party (Robin Rowland)
The colour party (Robin Rowland)
The RCMP march to the cenotaph. (Robin Rowland)
The invocation, left to right, Dwight Magee, Royal Canadian Legion, Rev. Dr. Dona Lethbridge, Legion chaplain, Marg Bogaert, Royal Canadian Legion. (Robin Rowland)
Cubs and scouts at the Remembrance Day service (Robin Rowland)
Lucy Beatty of the Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary lowers the flag during the two minutes of silence (Robin Rowland)
A moment of silence. (Robin Rowland)
Veteran Jason Parrill lays a wreath on behalf of Canada. (Robin Rowland)
Anne Berrisford lays a memorial wreath for Captain (Chaplain) D. Schmidt. (Robin Rowland)
A cub lays a wreath. (Robin Rowland)
Mayor Phil Germuth lays a wreath. (Robin Rowland)
The wreaths (Robin Rowland)
A Mountie salutes during the playing of O Canada. (Robin Rowland)
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Fog on a Kitimat mountaintop. (Robin Rowland)
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