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Summer at the Beach

06 Thursday Sep 2018

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Bad Photography

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Alaska, Beach, Ice, Ocean, Photos, Pics, Sea Ice, Summer, Water

36868123_10216821637638330_8479229804195872768_nDamn!

I have papers to grade. So, I guess summer is really over.

I was planning to take it easy this summer, but it didn’t exactly work out that way. A move across town took up a lot more time than Moni and I expected. Our trip to Valdez is still the  highlight of the season for me, but I also made it down to Montana on a work-related trip and down again to Fairbanks to help put on the Motif Film Festival. When I wasn’t traveling or taking boxes upstairs, I was busy working on class materials and whatnot. Suffice to say, it was an interesting summer.

One of the most interesting things about this particular summer is just how long the sea ice seemed to remain intact, and how long much of it stuck around shore. It seems like this last winter got started late (snow didn’t start sticking here in Barrow until well into October), so I suppose it’s fitting in some sense that the remnants of that winter would linger a bit. It certainly made for some beautiful views. Few sites compare to the midnight sun shining down on an entire ocean served on the rocks, so to speak.

Yeah, people do swim in this stuff, usually just for a minute or two, just long enough to say they did it.

Other people do this.

Not me.

(Click to embiggen.)

 

 

 

 

 

A little sea life in the fog there.
A little sea life in the fog there.
Just Cold!
Just Cold!
A touch of yellow
A touch of yellow
Icy Reflections
Icy Reflections
The cloud here steals the show.
The cloud here steals the show.
Mid July
Mid July
...and the world gets diagonal
…and the world gets diagonal
Lotta Blue
Lotta Blue
Hadda zoom a bit for this one
Hadda zoom a bit for this one
Clear and peaceful evening
Clear and peaceful evening
Looks like I tweaked this pic a lot, but I really didn't tweak it much
Looks like I tweaked this pic a lot, but I really didn’t tweak it much
This little guy really wanted me off his beach
This little guy really wanted me off his beach
Okay, this might not be sea ice
Okay, this might not be sea ice

 

An ice bow, some sea ice, and an annoying little blue dot.

 

 

Sorry, for the poor quality of this video, and in particular for my very shaky hand.

 

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The Ocean Wants to Be More Firm

14 Monday Nov 2016

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Bad Photography

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Alaska, Arctic, Ocean, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sea Ice, Sunrise, Winter

15055704_10211157809206159_5684896551570056852_nThe sunrise brought a couple sun-dogs with it this morning. By this morning, I actually mean almost noon, but the point is I went out with a camera to see if I could get some nice doggie pics. I wouldn’t say the picture does it justice, but anyway, here is what I got.

Cute little puppies, aren’t they?

Afterwards, I remembered that the ocean has been flirting with solid form lately, so after playing with the sun dogs I turned around and headed the other way for a block or two. Kinda slushy right now, but definitely not my flavor. I expect it will get properly solid soon. In the interim, my hand has suffered enough for my amateur camera games. I think I’ll stay inside and write a bit now.

Might as well add a few more pics from the last month or two. As always, you may click to embiggen.

Nuther pic of the Sun Puppies
Nuther pic of the Sun Puppies
The windows at NOAA make good picture frames, but all this sciency stuff gets in the way.
The windows at NOAA make good picture frames, but all this sciency stuff gets in the way.
A barge and heavy equipment at dusk
A barge and heavy equipment at dusk
Patterns of erasure
Patterns of erasure
Little Junkmail stays inside when the northern lights are out. Smart Junkmail. She gets to keep her head!
Little Junkmail stays inside when the northern lights are out. Smart Junkmail. She gets to keep her head!
Sun Puppies
Sun Puppies
Colorful dusk
Colorful dusk
A snow fence at sunrise
A snow fence at sunrise
More northern lights
More northern lights
Just ocean. (I think this is an old one. I cheats!)
Just ocean. (I think this is an old one. I cheats!)
Sunset a few days back
Sunset a few days back

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Beaches are for Selfies

05 Monday Sep 2016

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Bad Photography

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Alaska, Beach, Evening, Photography, Photos, Sea Ice, Selfie, Shadow, Walk

iceselfieI took a walk along the beach the other day. It was a nice evening. Barrow nice. So, yes, that included a coat, and yes, you could still see your breath, but it was a nice evening just the same. I kept seeing these little patches that looked like snow. Pretty sure those are what’s left of the great blocks of ice I had been taking pictures of a week or so back. So, I and the dwindling blocks of ex ice say ‘hello’.

…that is all.

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A little Sea Ice

21 Sunday Aug 2016

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Bad Photography

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Alaska, Arctic, Ice, Nature, Ocean, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sea Ice

SeagullI’ve been back in the arctic for a little over a week now. I didn’t really expect to see ice along the coast at this time of the year. I’ve seen it before, but it’s a little surprising. Still, the coast has been littered with the remnants of the melting ice pack the entire time I’ve been here. Thought I’d share a few pics.

It’s odd, I suppose. Over the years, I find myself taking fewer pictures of Barrow. I keep thinking things like ‘that’s old’ and ‘my friends have already seen that’, but I suppose that’s the same thinking that left me with so few images to show for a decade in northern Arizona. Anyway, that’s one thing I like about about getting away. You come back home and remember what’s cool about it.

…in this case literally.

(Click to embiggen!)

Taking off!
Taking off!
Pretty sure that's a sealion begging for a fish
Pretty sure that’s a sealion begging for a fish
Didn't even notice the seagull till I got home.
Didn’t even notice the seagull till I got home.
Precipice
Precipice
Precarious
Precarious
Seats two
Seats two
Just Ice
Just Ice
Like Styrofoam packing
Like Styrofoam packing
Ice again
Ice again
That small line of ice was moving kinda fast in the current
That small line of ice was moving kinda fast in the current
Sharp!
Sharp!
Oh look! ...Ice
Oh look! …Ice
Yeah, ...definitely ice
Yeah, …definitely ice
Greyscape
Greyscape
All that and a barge too!
All that and a barge too!
Grey sky
Grey sky

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Landing in Barrow

23 Wednesday Mar 2016

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska

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Alaska, Arctic, Flying, Ice, Landing, Ocean, Sea, Sea Ice, Spring, Travel, Video

Just flew in yesterday from a trip to Minnesota. The plane usually approaches Barrow from the ocean-side, and this time of year that can be rather cool. I was seated in the aisle, so this could definitely have been better. Still, I think it’s kinda neat. I reckon the plane finally crosses over land at about the 1:06 mark. If you look closely, you can see shoreline. The Snow gets smoother.

Couple pics from the trip (click to embiggen):

Loring Park
Loring Park
A few minutes before landing
A few minutes before landing
Loring Park, II (which I actually took first)
Loring Park, II (which I actually took first)
At the AIHEC Powwow (AIHEC stands for American Indian Higher Education Consortium)
At the AIHEC Powwow (AIHEC stands for American Indian Higher Education Consortium)
A few minutes out from Anchorage
A few minutes out from Anchorage

 

 

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