Gallery: 20101209 Sealing Cove
It was a nice view of Mt. Edgecumbe behind Sealing Cove on one of the last trips across the bridge to UAS for the semester.
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Gallery: 20101203 Gloomy December
I was once told by someone originally from Anchorage that it was darker here (in Sitka) in the winter than in Anchorage. My first response was to say that didn’t make any sense – Sitka is significantly further south than Anchorage, and so has more hours of daylight in the winter. In discussing the subject … Read more
Gallery: 20101130 Winter is Coming
Heavy clouds and cooler temperatures brought snow down the mountains over the past day or two.
Gallery: 20101126 Operophtera bruceata
Update: After taxonomic revisions, these are better known as Operophtera occidentalis Rowan pointed out a moth on the side of a house and then we noticed there were several more. I was able to get these pictures of two different individuals. With help from bugguide.net they have been identified as the Winter Moth (Operophtera bruceata) … Read more
Gallery: 20101123 Gloomy Day
This time of year, it sometimes never gets very bright during the day. Heavy cloud cover combined with the low elevation of the sun result in a sort of day-long twilight. Even at 2:30pm when this photo was taken, there was so little light and contrast that the camera’s auto focus did not work.