Exploring Alaska
Flying into Alaska for the first time was like coming upon a new planet, like the scene in Prometheus when they break through the clouds of the Alien world. This series of photographs Explore Alaska during March of 2013 & 2014. I planned my Alaska journeys during the highest probability of a solar storm. Here’s a link to a post I wrote about the northern lights. It includes an excel plot i made of historic solar activity.
“In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.”
– Charles A. Lindbergh
Ninety minutes northeast of Anchorage along the Glen Highway, the sun rises over the glacial headwaters of the Matanuska River.
Fins of Ice jetting skyward due to the mounting pressures within the always moving glacier. Matanuska Glacier, AK – March, 2013
One night I thought I’d try my hand at camping in Alaska. I gave my sister my two warmest sleeping bags to use that night, and I used a lightweight 20°F bag, thinking that layering up would keep me warm. While she slept soundly, I remember being so miserably cold that I swore I was booking a Marriott for the remainder of the trip (which I didn’t, but I was that cold). It was -10°F that night, after suffering for a few hours I decided that I would try sleeping in the car. When I crawled out of my tent around 4am, car bound, I saw the strangest clouds overhead…and then I said “..oh shit..” …I was so tired and cold that I didn’t want to take pictures, so it wasn’t an expression of elation… but after I saw the result of my first photo, then a second “oh shit” was voiced, with much more elation!
I hand merged 16 images together to form this ~92 megapixel 360° View of the Aurora Borealis over Chena River Valley, Alaska – 2014 Stereographic projection
I hand merged 16 images together to form this ~92 megapixel 360° View of the Aurora Borealis over Chena River Valley, Alaska – 2014
