Fluidr / Katy on the Tundra's "Spring 2016" set sorted randomly

Magenta and Purple

N 317 B 7.2K C 32 E Mar 26, 2017 F Mar 27, 2017

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I haven't seen this much bright magenta, pink and purple in aurora in a long time.

This is fairly early in the evening, before the true dark of night, around 10 pm. Maybe the non-typical colors are due to the solar wind from a rift in the sun's atmosphere emitting solar wind, rather than radiation activity from sunspots (CMEs, coronal mass ejections). Whatever else it was, it was a bit unusual.

15 seconds exposure, f2.8, ISO 1600, Tokina 11-16mm lens.

Eastern Interior of Alaska.

Robertson River

N 10 B 737 C 4 E Apr 1, 2016 F Mar 30, 2017

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Glacial Robertson River is showing signs of spring breakup, meltwaters below upwelling onto the surface of the winter ice accumulation.

Robertson River headwaters is the Robertson Glacier, around the bend in the Alaska Range on the horizon.

Tags: glacier river mountains Alaska ice spring

Canadian Swallowtail on Chokecherry

N 14 B 746 C 1 E May 28, 2016 F Jun 21, 2018

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Tags: Canadian swallowtail chokecherry

Homer By The Sea

N 5 B 489 C 6 E May 2, 2016 F May 17, 2017

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A spring afternoon on the shores of Kachemak Bay, Homer Alaska.

A Touch of Snow..

N 42 B 1.2K C 10 E Dec 30, 2015 F Mar 25, 2017

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