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Light

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:15:49 GMT

Jennifer over a Mari-Hal-O-Jen had an excellent post about light and how dramatic a change can be made just by changing the direction of your shot.

These 2 shots are of Key West, Fl, less than an hour apart. The first one was shot from the south looking north, the second from the north looking south.
These were taken as we overflew Key West on a medevac to and from the Dry Tortugas.

To the north:

To the south.

In particular, note how different the water looks, due to the changed refraction, all from shooting into sun as opposed to away from it.

April showers continues....

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:18:05 GMT

These 2 pics are from a recent medevac up to Miami.

Miami from the air after we left the helipad at Ryder Trauma Center:

Florida Bay as we headed south back to the hanger at Marathon:

April's Shower...

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:55:08 GMT

As per Jennifer's suggestion at S/V Mari Hal-O-Jen, I'm posting pics.
Not sure if I will have a "theme." I guess I will just see what develops as I try to post one a day.

Two recent pics (one for April 1 and the other for today):

Recent walk at the beach encountered a small flock of Ibis:
Adult Ibis:

Another adult:

Ok, a third pic for tomorrow, as I am working and don't think I will get to post:
Juvenile Ibis:

Happy Valentine's

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:31:07 GMT

To my sweetie, as she heads south to a warmer climate. I'll be there soon!
You are my one and only!

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Backyard visitors

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:47:09 GMT

Not the greatest pics, taken through a window facing the backyard. It is in the negative 30s, so while excited to see mama moose and her calf, it wasn't enough to want to go out in that cold.

Spotted the babe first:

Then mama:

Closer look at the calf:

And at mama:

Thank you Phil & Karlene for the new lens. Excellent Christmas present!

Denali West Side Christmas Eve Story

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:07:40 GMT

I was paged out on a medevac before 11 am yesterday, Christmas Eve, and did not get done until 5 am due to back to back to back to back flights. Good thing all of my Christmas shopping was done!
But the good news, beside Christmas of course, was that when we flew from Allakaket to Anchorage (on the first medevac flight), we took a route that brought us around the west side of Denali. Up close. Real close. Wonderfully close.
I was looking for Santa, but was distracted by the following views...

More Northern Lights

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:15:19 GMT

I took these using a different setting on the camera. I think the images are sharper than those on my previous posts. What do you think?
A very dynamic show once again.

The Northern Lights were so bright they lit up the yard through the tress.

The Lights appeared to dance around the trees.

Just can't beat the view from the front yard on nights like these. This one even has a tinge of pinks in it. Can you see it?

Night lights

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:53:28 GMT

The Northern Lights were out tonight in a manner that I have never seen prior. Very dynamic, a lot of green with a healthy dose of red and pinks tossed in. At one point they were so intense that you could read by them, if so inclined.
These were all taken in my front yard.

The office

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:06:03 GMT

I have sent a few emails with the "view out the office window." Some of you have asked just what exactly does my office look like.

Pictures of the two "offices" I work out of are attached. Both of these move at over 300 mph, have a range of over 1500 nautical miles, and are very smooth in action.

The smaller one of the two is our primary (Cheyenne),

the other one (BE1900) is our backup/ secondary.

Some other factoids:

As you all know, Texas is the second largest state in the US. Well if you were to split Alaska in half, that would make Texas the THIRD largest state.

Our regular service area covers from the Alaska/ Canada border on the east, to the western reaches of the Yukon, almost to the Bering sea. We fly north to the north slope, and south to Denali.

To put that in another perspective, our service area is larger than the state of Texas.

In addition to that area, we fly to Anchorage and Seattle frequently, and have flown a patient as far south as Tucson, Arizona.

In the summer we operate in weather that will get up into the 90's here in Fairbanks.

In the winter, I have been on calls to villages where the temp was -57F. (It was -40F here in Fairbanks that night.)

At those temps, we only have about 10 minutes max to load the patient onto the aircraft with the engines off, or the jet fuel turns to jelly.

The View from my front door

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:47:32 GMT

Some shots from my front door,
the moose taken a week or so ago as she and her calf snacked in our yard,

and the northern lights taken last night.

The northern lights seem blurry, but what happened is that it is a time lapse photo, and the wind was blowing, giving the trees that blurry look.