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Green aurora rising above snow-covered spruce trees near Fairbanks, Alaska. The lights stretched overhead in shifting ribbons just a few yards from my cabin on a calm winter night.

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Bright green aurora arcs upward in the night sky above a dense stand of black spruce trees coated in heavy snow. The snow-covered forest glows faintly under the aurora’s light, while faint purple tones blend into the background sky filled with stars. The aurora curves and tapers near the top of the frame, resembling a tall, twisting flame reaching into the dark.

Boreal Forest Aurora

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Jagged seracs where the ice pulls away from the cliffside on the Gabriel Icefall of the Gulkana Glacier.

My hiking guide to the area: lwpetersen.com/alaska-guide/gu…

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Close-up view of the Gabriel Icefall on the Gulkana Glacier, showing jagged blue-white ice fractured into steep seracs. A dark cave opens at the base where the glacier meets a vertical gray rock cliff. Streaks of dirt and old snow mark the lower ice, contrasting with the sharp texture and deep crevasses higher up the slope.

Gulkana Glacier Hike - Guide to Hiking Alaska's Trails and Backcountry

The Gulkana Glacier area has much to offer, including day-hiking, backpacking or mountaineering expeditions, or just a roadside view of the glacier.
Lee Petersen
#hiking #alaska #glacier

I'm behind in my writing. Shocking, I know. Here's a quick one with some aurora photos I've taken since the start of the season.

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Aurora Intermissions

Between seasons, under the northern lights
Lee Petersen (Lee’s Newsletter)
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The flower of Cypripedium guttatum, commonly known as the spotted lady's slipper, blooming in Fairbanks in mid-June.

Info in my Alaska Wildflower Guide: lwpetersen.com/alaska-wildflow…

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Close-up of a single Cypripedium guttatum (spotted lady’s slipper) flower in bloom. The orchid has a rounded pouch-like petal that is deep pink to purple with irregular white spots, and a broad white upper sepal edged in pink. Two side petals extend outward, also white with purple markings. The background is softly blurred green, suggesting surrounding vegetation in a natural setting in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Cypripedium guttatum - spotted lady's slipper - Alaska Wildflowers

Cypripedium guttatum, commonly known as the spotted lady's slipper, is a perennial herb in the orchid family with a unique, purple-spotted, inflated flower.
Lee Petersen
#alaska #bloomscrolling #wildflower

Gorgeous red auroras tonight over the Goldstream Valley in Fairbanks, Alaska. A rare show, strong enough for the red emission to be clearly visible to the eye.

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Vertical photograph of the aurora borealis seen through snow-covered spruce trees at night. Bright red and green aurora bands rise in straight vertical columns into the sky, forming a tall curtain of light. The trees in the foreground are coated in snow, silhouetted against the aurora. A clear night sky with faint stars is visible above the aurora.
Vertical photo showing red aurora above snow-covered spruce and birch trees. The aurora forms diagonal, soft streaks that spread outward toward the top of the frame. The trees at the bottom are heavily coated in snow and appear as dark silhouettes beneath the light.
Vertical image of red and green aurora appearing above a dense stand of snow-covered spruce and birch trees. Faint beams of aurora stretch upward toward the stars. The foreground trees are coated with fresh snow, and dark branches frame the top and sides of the image.
Vertical photograph of red and green aurora overhead, viewed between tall spruce trees laden with snow. The aurora forms a wide fan shape spreading outward from a point near the horizon, with streaks of red dominating the center and green along the edges. Stars are visible through the aurora.

Recent Photos - Lee Petersen Photography

The most recent things I've seen in my life. In reverse chronological order.
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Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.

After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
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#News #Alaska #School #Emergency #Disaster #Weather #Indigenous #Education


Alaska’s Public Schools Serve as Emergency Shelters. Those Buildings Are Also in Crisis.

Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters. After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
shoshana.gordon@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#News #weather #education #school #indigenous #disaster #alaska #emergency

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