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Where the Aurora is

October 30th:Last night I got another pretty awesome aurora show. I have missed it since like March, so I am happy I finally got to see it again. I have been waiting and waiting for a clear night. And so this past night I went out to the outhouse (another good reason to have an outhouse) and noticed that it was going.

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Still trying to become a better aurora photographer, but it's really hard to focus, as always. Usually it's more of a hit or miss, especially with no snow on the ground because it makes it so dark. Anyway, I'm sure you get the picture:

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Posted on October 30, 2013 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Alaska, Nature, Photography, Cabin Life and tagged Alaska Aurora Aurora Borealis colors Light Northern Lights Outdoors Photography Winter 2013 Cabin Life.

"Unseasonable" Warm Weather

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As half of October passed everyone are wondering where the snow is. Snow usually appear around the middle of October, at the latest! We did have some snow back in September but that snow disappeared as fast as it came. The meteorologist are calling it "unseasonable" warm weather. We are just now starting to have temperatures below freezing again, and with last years long winter it makes me wonder what this winter will be like.

This past year we had 200 days of winter (counting days with temperatures below 50F, October 4th 2012-May 9th 2013). The past season we had one of the coldest winters in history with temperatures dropping down to -50F, yes -50F, do you know what it feels like to be outside when it is -50F? We had several consecutive weeks with -40, I even biked to school in -40F/C.

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This summer we had one of the warmest summers ever, up to 92F, after a winter with down to -50F. It makes me a little worried about this winter, will we see temperatures down to -40F/C as a normality this winter too? We had tons of snow last season, how much snow will we get this season since we haven't got any at all so far?

Either way I am craving winter dorkiness/adventures sooner rather than later. Time will tell.

Playing in the Snow

Until then:

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Alaska, Nature, Photography, Science, The great wide open, Cabin Life and tagged -50F 50 below Alaska Biking Colours contrasts Fall freezing hot hot summer Outdoors Photography season snowcover snowfall Summer unseasonable fall unseasonable warm weather warm warm fall weather contrasts where is the snow? Winter winterbiking 2013 Cabin Life Weather Snow Nature Environment Frost science climate change winter sun.

Frost Happened Early

October 8th:

    I don't know what it is, but sometimes I can just feel that something is different when I wake up and sit by my big window in the cabin. I can see how the light changes and feel that something is going on. This was back in September.

I got up and walked out and looked down. Frost was here. 

And then sunrise happened. I walked in to get Tycho, so he could see the sunrise too!

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Alaska, The great wide open, Tycho - The Kitty Cat, Cabin Life and tagged Alaska Cat cold Fall grass Happiness Photography Sun 2013_2 Cabin Life Morning Sunrise Frost Macro.