Through One Eye » Alaska mountains

Life at the burbs

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:38:03 +0000

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” –John Muir

View from the neighboring bluff yesterday. Used my darkglasses as a neutral density filter for my iPhone (to lessen the glare) when I saw the clouds spilling over the Chugach and Kenai mountain ranges, and the light with the tide moving in swiftly.

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Mountains, climate change, and cockroaches

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:11:22 +0000

Sometimes I wonder why so many disregard our earth, the air we all breathe, the oceans we share. Perhaps I worry too much. I think we’re very, very fortunate to live where we do. I’ll bet I wouldn’t care so much about earth if I lived in a slum area among cockroaches.

““Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.”
~ Rachel Carson

Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Chugach mountains wearing a hat

Admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:06:55 +0000

From almost anywhere in the city where we live, we need only look above the clutter to see the Chugach mountains or on a clear day, we can see the Alaska Range and Denali, Mt. Foraker, and little Mt. Hunter. The reminder that beauty is moments away cheers me and motivates me to head for the hills–the source of creativity.

Looking across Cook Inlet at Chugach and Kenai mountains

Admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:10:01 +0000

The new title for this shot could be Linda’s wry comment:
…and there were two Russians saying “Last night we almost saw Alaska.”

Cokin filter and Cook Inlet, Alaska

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:11:26 +0000

After many attempts to capture the sky during the summer here, I purchased my first graduated filter. This one lowers the most dense area – in this case, the sky, by two f/stops. Warning: this images has been slightly tweaked using curves in the Nikon Capture NX software. Although I enjoy Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom, I don’t do much tweaking while I’m learning the camera and trying out manual features. (Tossing hundreds of images into the trash – aren’t memory cards great?) Capture NX takes the RAW image and lets me easily convert to a jpeg.

Hiking in Alaska

admin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:27:56 +0000

Since the animals were here first, they get right-of-way. This Ursus Horribilius, as some old, old dear friends used to refer laughingly to any bear they encountered, was near the trail head. We scrambled for the cameras when we saw him, but he didn’t want to cooperate by posing.

I love it here. All the conveniences of the city — running water, wifi, — with the reminders that humans are secondary. Or should be, I think.
Tonight the sun sets at 11:41 p.m. The solstice occurs on June 20 this year, and the days will become shorter.

Wikipedia has this to say about the solstice: “Solstices occur twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is oriented directly towards or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes. The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun stands still in declination; that is, its apparent movement north or south comes to a standstill.”

There you have it. The sun stands still.