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North sky at midnight
I happened to look out the north-facing window right around midnight and noticed the sky was being dramatic.
Fairbanks is quite far north - we are at 64.84N, which is very close to the Arctic Circle and, though of course the climate is different, slightly farther north than Reykjavik. We're currently in the transitional phase when we no longer have a true night - this is as dark as it gets - but the sun still rises and sets and it does get more-or-less dark(ish); however, you can follow the sun around the sky by tracking the brighter spot behind the northern hill where it sinks in the northwest, until it comes up in the northeast.
Looking west, although it's not completely dark, the sky is dim and blue:
In the north are the sunset colors:
And to the northeast, you can see it brightening towards the eventual dawn.
Also earlier today a moose ran past the window. #alaskaproblems
Something clearly startled or scared it; we're not sure what. Orion just happened to be looking out the creek-facing window at the right moment and called, "There's a moose running in the creek."
I'm like "what."
And it was! It trotted, more than galloped, along the creek, then up the hill (it is truly amazing how well they can climb, because the hill above the creek is nearly vertical; it's tough to get up it even with human limbs, let alone hooves) and eventually vanished in a tangle of willow shrubs about 2/3 of the way to the top.
We also had a brief but intense blizzard this morning, though it had melted by afternoon. May is definitely off to a very May-ish start.
Fairbanks is quite far north - we are at 64.84N, which is very close to the Arctic Circle and, though of course the climate is different, slightly farther north than Reykjavik. We're currently in the transitional phase when we no longer have a true night - this is as dark as it gets - but the sun still rises and sets and it does get more-or-less dark(ish); however, you can follow the sun around the sky by tracking the brighter spot behind the northern hill where it sinks in the northwest, until it comes up in the northeast.
Looking west, although it's not completely dark, the sky is dim and blue:
In the north are the sunset colors:
And to the northeast, you can see it brightening towards the eventual dawn.
Also earlier today a moose ran past the window. #alaskaproblems
Something clearly startled or scared it; we're not sure what. Orion just happened to be looking out the creek-facing window at the right moment and called, "There's a moose running in the creek."
I'm like "what."
And it was! It trotted, more than galloped, along the creek, then up the hill (it is truly amazing how well they can climb, because the hill above the creek is nearly vertical; it's tough to get up it even with human limbs, let alone hooves) and eventually vanished in a tangle of willow shrubs about 2/3 of the way to the top.
We also had a brief but intense blizzard this morning, though it had melted by afternoon. May is definitely off to a very May-ish start.
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