Lights and statue in twilight

Statue of the "Unknown First Family" in Golden Heart Park - downtown Fairbanks.

Parish in twilight

Immaculate Conception Parish from across the Chena River in Golden Heart Park. This was taken at 9:15 am Alaska time which is still about 45 minutes from sunrise. The sun was starting to come up behind me in the southeast and the clouds were already well-lit casting a bit of pinkish-orange on the very much blue-violet twilight to the north.

Good Morning Fairbanks!

We had about an hour long gorgeous sunrise this morning! I took this one down at Golden Heart Park fairly early on before getting some breakfast and heading home. Had to stop at the Musher's Hall again for some more brilliance. I love mornings like this.

Gold Rush Jewelry

Sky above downtown Fairbanks

Musher's sunrise

The sunrise is still happening - this time from the Musher's Hall on Farmer's Loop.

Edges

The sun brightly illuminates the edges of the clouds above the Alaska Range.

Bright and dark

There was a tiny bit of a light pillar, but not much. This is looking toward Birch hill from the Musher's Hall.

Alaska Range

Looking out over the Tanana Valley. The Alaska Range is partially hidden by clouds.

just sky

clouds and sky over Fairbanks at sunrise

Boreal forest

Winter scene in the boreal forest after wind knocked all the snow off the trees.

Light slips through

Some illumination through the trees

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

Aurora from the end of our road

Standing down at the end of our road, I had to make a decision. Do I set up a camera to take a timelapse somewhere in the woods, stand out in the road and shoot, get in the car knowing it could fade at any moment? No, that doesn't seem like what I want to do. Instead I sling the tripod with the camera on my shoulder and set out for a walk on the trails behind Creamer's Field.

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!

A walk under the northern lights

I went for a walk under the aurora on the trails behind Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. It was gorgeous! I decided to not do any timelapse so I left one camera at home and just shouldered a tripod and wandered around for a couple hours. I should do it this way more often!