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Too Little Too Late
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 15 08:57:01 2010 UTC
The aurora was visible from dusk to dawn on this April 10, 2010 night.
Here, above Birch Lake, located southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, we see a
glowing band begin to brighten and move but it is ultimately lost in the
growing twilight of dawn. Perhaps next season will bring an increase in
solar activity and the auroras that come with it.
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Lights Over Arctic Man
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 15 08:34:02 2010 UTC
Every year in the Central Alaska Range a small temporary town appears on
the map. Thousands of Alaskans gather for the annual Arctic Man
competition. This extreme event is a race envolving skis and snow
machines. They don't compete against each other but rather work as a
team. For part of the race a skier is pulled behind a snow machine at
speeds reaching 90 miles per hour! I call it the Crazy Man! The northern
lights were dancing low over the mountains but the race enthusiests were
oblivious to them while bathed in all that man-made light.
I used a home-built 6x7 medium format camera equipped with a 38mm
wide-angle lens and Kodak E100G film for this 30-second exposure taken
on April 10, 2010.
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Sub-Visual Red
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 15 02:10:01 2010 UTC
2010 was starting out like 2009 ended. Auroral activity was minimal as
the sun was stuck in the quietest period for about 100 years. I did
manage to see some activity during our times of darkness but not much.
Here we see a modest display from Alaska's Kenai Peninsula in the early
morning hours of January 20, 2010. There is some red visible abobe the
green which was not vivsible to the eye. Human vision suffers color
blindness at night but the film does not so a faint aurora might not
appear very colorful visually. I used a home-built 6x9 medium format
camera with a 98mm f1.4 lens and Kodak E100G film for this 8-second
exposure.
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Solar Spike Feb. 4, 2010
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:59:01 2010 UTC
Ice crystals in the air are responsible for this solar spike that was
seen over the setting sun across Cook Inlet as viewed from near Homer,
Alaska on the evening of February 4, 2010.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Mount St. Augustine and Fata Morganna
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:59:01 2010 UTC
A layer of warm air over cold air creats a type of lensing effect known
as fata morganna. In this type of mirage distant features are seen to be
streached vertically. The distant volcano island of Mount St. Augustine
normally has gentle slopes when seen in profile but here they are
distorted into impossible cliff faces as seen from near Homer, Alaska on
January 31, 2010. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax
Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Moonset over the Aleutian Range
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:59:01 2010 UTC
After another bright moonlit night our moon, now just past full, heads
towards the western horizon as seen from near Homer, Alaska on the
morning of January 31, 2010.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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January Sunset Over Kamishak Bay
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:37:01 2010 UTC
Even though the aurora has been somewhat elusive from Alaska's Kenai
Peninsula, the skies have been full of color. This sunset was on January
30 and is taken from near Homer, Alaska looking SW toward Distant Mount
Douglas /Four-Peaked Volcanos on the left and Mount St. Augustine
Volcano on the right. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax
Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Solstice Sun Rays
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Sat Dec 26 20:44:01 2009 UTC
The December solstice was at 8:47 a.m. Alaska time on the 21st but our
shortest day actually fell on the 22nd. This image is looking south from
near Homer, Alaska around local noon. We almost got to see the sun on
this short day but had to settle for some beautiful crepuscular rays as
it was being a little shy and never fully emerged from the clouds.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Lenticular Sunrise
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Wed Dec 9 22:14:01 2009 UTC
Lenticular clouds are seen above the Kenai Mountains on the southern end
of the Kenai Peninsula as viewed from near Homer, Alaska on this
December 6, 2009 morning. These couds are formed by strong winds rising
up over the mountains. Dutch Harbor had reported 100 mile an hour winds
the day before with damage to roofs and other objects but we are glad to
report that the winds never materialized at our location. Copyright (c)
Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Mammatus at Sunrise
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Wed Dec 9 21:50:01 2009 UTC
The sunrise was no less than spectacular on the morning of December 6,
2009. There were many interesting cloud formations catching the early
light of a rising sun. Here we see an example of mammatus in the
southern sky over Homer, Alaska. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night
Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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A Little Glory
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Nov 6 23:32:01 2009 UTC
While on a flight from Mazatlan, Mexico to Los Angeles this past March
2009, I looked down to see a small glory on the clouds a few thousand
feet below. A glory looks similar to a solar or lunar halo except that
it is opposite the sun and is caused by reflection and refraction of
sunlight from droplets in the clouds. It is similar to a rainbow that
forms a full circle. The size of the droplets determines the size of a
glory. Large droplets make for smaller glories. If the droplets are of
uniform size, up to four concentric rings might be seen. The shadow of
the 737 jetliner is visible at the center of this glory. Copyright (c)
Dennis C. Anderson Night traxPhotography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit www.auroradude.com
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"Aurora Dawn"
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Sep 1 20:24:01 2009 UTC
Solar cycle 23 began in June of 1996 and was already well under way when
I took this image 11 years ago on August 26, 1998 from Alaska's Kenai
Peninsula. We were already having large sunspots accompanied by major
flares and it only got better and better. It would be nice for the
current cycle 24 to be in a similar part of its cycle but the slowest
solar minimum in 100 years continues as of this writing. It seems that
there is plenty of time lately to reflect on past auroras and dig
through the acrhives for these gems. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson
Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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NLCs above Redoubt Volcano
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Aug 7 18:31:01 2009 UTC
This is one of the last images before our early dawn completely erased
the night-shining clouds. It is looking NNW towards Redoubt Volcano
which is seen smoking in the distance at lower left center. This image
was taken at 4:40 a.m. ADT from near Homer, Alaska on August 7, 2009.
Copyright(c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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NLCs August 7, 2009
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Aug 7 18:08:01 2009 UTC
This image is taken at 4:07 a.m. ADT as the noctilucent clouds were
growing in strength in the northern sky and slowly moving westward and
south.
Image is taken from near Homer Alaska. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson
Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Noctilucent Cloud Display August 7, 2009
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Aug 7 11:05:01 2009 UTC
NLC display low on the northern horizon as seen from near Homer, Alaska
at 2:30 a.m. ADT.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Sun Dog Over Redoubt Volcano
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Wed Jul 15 20:09:01 2009 UTC
A rainbow-hued sundog, or parihelion, is visible over redoubt Volcano as
viewed from near Homer, Alaska on the afternoon of July 14, 2009.
Sunlight refracting and reflecting through ice crystals high in the
atmosphere cause the effect. Sundogs often come in pairs located 22
degrees to either side of the sun while it is low in the afternoon or
morning sky. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography
Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Noctilucent Cloud Display July 15, 2009
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Wed Jul 15 18:53:01 2009 UTC
A faint wispy display of NLCs or noctilucent clouds graces the twilight
sky above as viewed from near Homer, Alaska. The image was created from
four separate images depicting the sky from the western horizon to
overhead. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography
Contact at auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit : www.auroradude.com
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Star Trails, Aurora, Volcano
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Sun Apr 26 18:27:01 2009 UTC
The aurora borealis shows as a mottled green arc while the stars trail
during this 15-minute exposure taken from the beach at Deep Creek,
Alaska. The active volcano, Redoubt, can be seen in the distance
catching the early morning light and sporting a small steam plume in
this March 21, 2009 image taken just before dawn with a 6x9
medium-format camera and Fuji 800Z film. Copyright (c) Dennis C.
Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or
visit: www.auroradude.com
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Volcano and Aurora
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Sat Apr 25 20:40:01 2009 UTC
On the early morning of March 21, 2009, Redoubt Volcano (bottom left)
was just starting to wake up from its 20-year slumber when I took this
shot of the aurora borealis putting on its own little show. The view is
looking northwest from Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. I used Fuji Z800 film
in a 6x9 cm. medium- format camera with a 98mm f1.4 lens for this
8-second exposure.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Volcanic Sunset April 20, 2009
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Apr 23 20:05:01 2009 UTC
A sulphur-rich gas plume is seen drifting southward from Redoubt Volcano
during its current phase of activity as seen from near Homer, Alaska.
Its "sister" volcano Illiamna is at the recieving end of the plume and
is back-lit by the recently set sun. The plume, rich in sulphur dioxide,
was detected by satellite extending to another 600 miles downstream.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Vulcan Sunset April 5, 2009
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Apr 7 00:42:01 2009 UTC
Another evening brings yet another Volcanic sunset to the Kenai
Peninsula. Redoubt Volcano is visble here across Cook Inlet and is about
67 miles distant. Its steam/ash plume has shifted to a northerly
direction as viewed near sunset from Homer, Alaska. Copyright (c) Dennis
C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net
or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Volcano Sunset April 4, 2009
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Apr 7 00:20:01 2009 UTC
This morning we awoke to the rumble of thunder during a major eruption
of Redoubt Volcano. The day turned to night as the ash cloud made a
direct path to the southern Kenai Peninsula. Later, after the ash cloud
had passed high winds began to pick the ash up and blow it out of the
trees in what locals are refuuring to as "the ash storm". It wasn't
until evening that the skies began to clear and it gave us our first
glimpse of the restless mountain. This image is taken after sunset and
shows the steam/ash plume traveling southward from Redoubt on the right
over its sister volcano, Illiamna, at left. This view is looking
northwest from near Homer, Alaska. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson
Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Animation Of Redoubt Eruption March 28, 2009
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Sun Mar 29 00:55:01 2009 UTC
Here's a short animated giff of an eruption of Mount Redoubt taken from
the Homer,Alaska area on the afternoon of March 28, 2009. Copyright(c)
Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or vistit: www.auroradude.com
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Corona, Arc, Sundog
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Sat Mar 28 04:38:01 2009 UTC
A solar corona is visible as a ring around the sun and with a brighter
arc at top. A sundog is visible at the left of this image looking west
across Cook Inlet from near Homer, Alaska on the evening of March 27,
2009 (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography contact at
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit www.auroradude.com
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Redoubt Mushroom Cloud
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Sat Mar 28 04:15:01 2009 UTC
Redoubt has been evry active indeed today. This is the fourth eruption
so far. This one started at 7:25p.m. ADT March 27, 2009. This image is
taken about ten minutes into the event. A mushroom cloud to about 40,000
feet is visible above the low clouds that obscure the summit. High
clouds and lingering ash/haze also oscure the view of the cloud
somewhat. The height of the cloud later reached about 55,000 feet.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photogrphy contact at
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit www.auroradude.com
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Redoubt Ash Cloud Over House
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Mar 26 21:36:01 2009 UTC
This view is looking south over our house at 1:10 p.m.ADT on March 26,
2009. The sun is about to leave us for a while. It is getting pretty
dark. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit www.auroradude.com
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Redoubt Ash Cloud Appraoches
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Mar 26 21:01:02 2009 UTC
The ash cloud from Redoubt's eruption this morning is approaching the
Homer area as seen in this image taken at 12:39p.m. ADT. Note the
brownish coloring up nigh. Under neath it is very dark. I think it will
be like night here soon. Time to hole up for a while. Copyright (c)
Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit www.auroradude.com
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Redoubt Ash/Steam cloud to 65,000 feet
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Mar 26 18:56:01 2009 UTC
This morning of March 26,2009 saw another explosive eruption of 10,200
foot redoubt volcano sending ash and steam to over 65,000 feet. While
the volcano is not visible due to clouds and ash obscuring the peak I
have marked its approximate location with a red "RS" at the bottom left
of the image. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography
contact at auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Redoubt Ash/Steam Cloud
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Mar 26 18:34:01 2009 UTC
This image shows redoubt volcano's latest emmission on the morning of
March 26, 2009 from our home near Homer, Alaska. The ash/steam cloud was
observed reaching altitudes of over 60,000 feet. I have marked the
approximate location of the 10,200 foot summit with a red "R" at the
bottom left of the image. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax
Photography contact at auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit
www.auroradude.com
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Venus, Iliamna After Sunset
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Mar 20 06:38:01 2009 UTC
Venus shines brightly in the western sky after sunset. Illiamna volcano
is on the horizon at right on this evenong of March 19, 2009 Copyright
(c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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