30 September 2007

Keno

again

The promised northern lights display last night was short but dramatic

shimmering curtains of green and pink light

jumping and arcing across the sky

but alas the moon was bright and dulled the effect

and

I had some camera frustrations

that came about because of the complicated digital settings

that are hard to arrange below freezing, in the dark,

with gloves on, not to mention the problem to focus my eyeballs on all this stuff

so photos another day

but not today as it is cloudy and grey

so as a filler

here are a few shots from the past days in the field

as the streams freeze up and the snow comes to cover the lichens