Month: October 2021

Seeing the Trumpeter swan migration up close

While the Spring migration of the Trumpeter and Tundra swans through the southern Yukon is a major event, the Fall migration is generally not, because there is no massive gathering of thousands of swans. At least there’s no massive gathering in a place that’s easy to get to. In...
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Embracing the “in-between” season

Winter arrived early this year – very early – but then backed off for a couple of weeks, and I got out a few times to photograph the “in-between” season, with ice and open water, frost and green plants. And there were some interesting aircraft as well 🙂 My...
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The white aurora – the Internet’s most successful aurora hoax

Every year about this time, I start seeing photos of an incredible white aurora. It’s hard to imagine how many million times these 3 photos have been posted, often as “The Hem of His Garment” Aurora Borealis in Finland, but they’ve also been posted as the aurora in the...
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Winter has solidly arrived – snow and aurora borealis

We can usually count on having snow that doesn’t melt away by October 31st – this year it arrived almost a month early. I’m not quite ready for Winter, logistically or mentally, but it’s here anyway so I had better get everything in order in the next few days....
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