Glacial Retreats on Baranof Island

I’ve been following a weblog called From a Glacier’s Perspective for some time, and had been particularly interested in the posts about glaciers in Southeast Alaska. I recently left a comment to request the author take a look at Baranof Island glaciers, and he graciously did so, writing a post on Carbon Lake glacier retreat … Read more

Return of Rain

I haven’t had a lot of time to spend outside the last couple of days, but fortunately the weather hasn’t been too inspiring. Clouds came over and we got a little rain yesterday, but it didn’t really start coming down until today. Along with the rain, the wind picked up a bit as well. I … Read more

New Spring Flowers

Blooming skunk cabbage – do you know what happened to the spathe and spadix on the left and when? On a walk through Totem Park this morning I was pleasantly surprised to see stream violets (Viola glabella) and purple sweet-cicely (Osmorhiza purpurea) starting to bloom. It will be a while yet before their peak, but … Read more

Lunar Eclipse

Last night I slept fitfully as I wanted to see the lunar eclipse due to take place between 3am and 5am. I did get up to watch for about a half an hour either side of the full eclipse. I took nearly 400 pictures, many of which were for a sort of time lapse. Of … Read more

Evening Walk to Totem Park

The sun was out for much of today, though this evening for a while it became mostly cloudy before breaking up enough for there to be some nice color in the sunset. I went for a walk this evening, the first in a while where I’ve spent time just looking at things a little more … Read more

Moon over Crescent Bay

Although there were some showers, it seemed more sunny overall today. Herring were continuing to spawn with Fish and Game reporting there were 60 miles of spawn so far. In particular, there was some action in Crescent Bay this morning. I didn’t have a lot of time to look, but I did see an area … Read more