AND....they actually pay those folks to do that. Some folks have all the luck.
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AND....they actually pay those folks to do that. Some folks have all the luck.
Great lights on the webcam right now, 1:14 am AKST.
Remember the page doesn't automatically refresh.
http://live.alaskaauroracam.com/livejpg.php
wow! that's awesome
The difficulty in photographing the northern lights is that you must be able to set your f/stop very low and your ISO very high. Then you have to leave the shutter open for many seconds requiring a tripod. Cameras can do this but until recently, video cameras did not have those settings, unless you were a government or something and able to spend $40,000 on a camera. Now you can, though still very expensive I'm sure. This is why you will normally only see time lapse "videos" of the northern lights. Until now. My friend Ronn will be entertaining us this winter with his new video camera.
This is what it normally sounds like when people see the lights for the first time. It's also what it often sounds like when us old timers see them. ;)
http://vimeo.com/ronnmurrayphotography/real-time-aurora
THAT was spectacular!!!!!!
Truly amazing!! Thanks.
WOW oh WOW thanks so very much for posting! I hope I see them some day.
One of the problems living in a small cabin has is where to put stuff. Nothing comes in the house without me having already thought about where I am going to put it. BUT now I am out of space to put more guns hahaha. Three rifles, in cases, has been sitting on the spare click clack couch. My sister is coming to visit so I am trying to find a place for these to belong. I want to hang them up, but in their cases, and somewhere they are not visible from my front windows to someone driving down my road. So I am thinking of hanging them on the back side of the staircase. One hook in the middle to hang the handles over. Then one spike type hook at each end to keep them at the proper angle. Can you picture that? Have any ideas? I'm really out of wall space so can't just hang them on the wall, besides, there is that whole, out of site from in front of my house thing.
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I share you pain.
The stairs looks very similar to "The Place" including a landing.
We blocked one side with a shelving unit also divides the living room off from the rest a bit, and have been toying with the idea of enclosing the bottom of the open stairs.......but would be a PITA to clean out dog hair.....and such.
That is where I'm picturing hang the cases.
I do understand that you are renting so building something like a false bottom may be out of the question.....but even hanging as you suggest, maybe covered with a tarp would do the trick.
I'm thinking a hook in the middle to hook the case handles over. A bigger L hook, upside down at the bottom to tuck the butt end of the cases under. That would keep it at the proper angle.
Storage is always an issue regardless of the size of the house you live in.
So true.....
"If you build it,... they,... will fill it"
Hey my northern teir lower 48 Peeps. You may be able to see the lights tonight!
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You can hang them beside the stairs
hang them above the windows
No, there is stuff hanging there already. I took this picture before we moved in a couple of years ago.
Today is the 3rd anniversary of my husband's passing. It is also the last day of an intense training I am going through to be a member of SART. (Sexual Assault Response Team) The SART team includes an Advocate (me) an Investigator, and a Forensic Nurse. As most of your know, Alaska has the highest number of sexual assault and domestic violence in the nation. It is also the highest in women being murdered by men. Last month alone there were 20 victims from our area. Almost half of those were children from two separate families. Needless to say, I'll be glad when this day is over.
My friend won a road lottery ticket into Denali so that is where I will be going tomorrow. Normally personal vehicles are only allowed to mile 15 of the road going into the park. On shoulder seasons, if the snow is not too deep, you can drive in to Mile 30. The road is 90 miles.
Well it doesn't seem to be fixed as I can not see any of the pix's. Well crash I'm down in your area, Orlando, we are sailing out today on Carnival to the Western Caribbean.Quote:
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You can't see my pictures Willie?
Sept. 13, 2014. The road into Denali National Park and Preserve is 90 miles long. Most of the time, personal vehicles are not allowed into the park and one must take a bus. But once a year they hold a road lottery. Anyone can buy a ticket to enter. This year, my friend Lori won one of the tickets and allowed me to drive in. I'm sooo glad The Mountain decided to come out and show us her face. More often she is covered in her own micro climated clouds.
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That is some amazingly beautiful country!
Thanks Phaed.
You guys will have to go back one page to see what he's talking about. I saw three grizzlies.
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Awesome pics as always!
No I can't, sorry for the late response, as we boarded the SUNSHINE ship that day, the 13th, and wifi on board is very expensive. So we are now back in Orlando and flying home tonight, back to the drudgery of everyday life. The poor wife has to go back to work tomorrow, listening to people's aches and pains,lol.Quote:
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I don't know why. Does anyone have any ideas?
My older sister is visiting so we went up to the Arctic Circle yesterday. The sign and decorations are for my little great nephew Miles who is battling leukemia.
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I love how this one turned out. No post processing was done other then to resize it and put my name on it.
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There is a glitch in the software that sometimes won't show the pics, even when members are signed in. We have a work around figured out, but sometimes it's not permanent.
Great pics. I'm sure Miles will love them.
My youngest turned 13 yesterday. She got my old laptop for her birthday. She had no idea what she was getting but when she picked it up and felt the weight of her gift, she got a bit of a horrified look in her eye and said "OH! Is it AMMO?!!" I think she almost started to cry. Hahhhahhhaaa. We might be tough Alaskan chicks but we don't want ammo for our 13th birthday hahhahaa. I'm still laughing.
Tell her Happy Birthday from all of us.
I've been in Juneau this week for a conference for work. While there I got to go zip lining again. Also, I just sent in my last funeral payment. It's done. I've had the money before but kept putting it off. Guess I had to give myself more time before letting that part go. Feels pretty weird.
Yep..please do that and a Happy Birthday from Malaysia.....
That’s really somthing, all the walruses beaching themselves because there’s no ice. Happy birthday to your little girl.
1st - it sort of like finishing a chapter that we aren't quite ready to finish yet. I'm sure his he will live on in your memories and those of your children.
Yes, exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
Now here is a tiny gift for you all. If you lived in Fairbanks and had an outhouse, you would see this all the time.
http://vimeo.com/107760397
Yep - still on the bucket list.
I take it that's a time lapse video. The AB doesn't move around that quickly does it? I know it says real time video but looking at the city lights it appears to be time lapse.
Thank you. Thank you very much. :)
No, that is not time lapse. It's a new camera that can take real time videos of the northern lights. Those auroras were actually moving pretty slow. Sometimes they are much more active and just pounding down around you. It's so awesome. Hang on and I'll try to find one of them moving faster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Here is one of his that shows the lights really dancing. This is not even as fast as they go sometimes.
http://vimeo.com/ronnmurrayphotograp...calforrestfire
That was awesome and the shooting stars just added to it. I swear if I lived there I'd sit outside all night watching them. That's the one thing we regret not seeing when we were there. Just wrong time of year. My wife hates cold and snow but she would put up with it just to see the lights. Thanks!!!!
I once saw the lights here in southern Indiana years ago, they were so beautiful, they just didn't last long enough.
Bill