Sunday, May 4, 2008
Ice Melting
Just another picture from yesterday showing the progress of the ice melting on the Great Slave Lake. It's not as noticable in these pictures, but when you get down close to the lakes, the ice is really starting to melt/sink etc. There's lots of water out there now!
Northern Lights
We finally got out last night (well actually really early this morning) so see the northern lights - and they didn't dissapoint! I was able to get some pictures, and they turned out, for the most part, far better than I had expected. In order to get these shots though, I had to leave the shutter open for a whole 15 seconds (good thing i got a tripod!), and they've all been brightened afterwards too.
We were out there at around 1:30-2:00 am, and in a couple of the pictures it is possible to see how light it remains, even this early in the year, all night long. Even though the sun sets, it stays fairly close to the horizon, and during the night it is possible to track its progress (due to the dawn-ish glow that remains all night) from the point where it set, to the point where it rises again in the morning. In the last picture you can see the unusally light night sky, the stars, and the northern lights, and this was really how the night was, you could look in one direction and see the pink glow from the sun, and in the other were the northern lights! How fantastic!!
I'm sorry for the horizon in these pictures, it was incredibly difficult to see how straight the camera was!
We were out there at around 1:30-2:00 am, and in a couple of the pictures it is possible to see how light it remains, even this early in the year, all night long. Even though the sun sets, it stays fairly close to the horizon, and during the night it is possible to track its progress (due to the dawn-ish glow that remains all night) from the point where it set, to the point where it rises again in the morning. In the last picture you can see the unusally light night sky, the stars, and the northern lights, and this was really how the night was, you could look in one direction and see the pink glow from the sun, and in the other were the northern lights! How fantastic!!
I'm sorry for the horizon in these pictures, it was incredibly difficult to see how straight the camera was!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Frame Lake Photos
I took these pictures a couple of days ago. Yellowknife is build on the shores of the Great Slave Lake, but completely surrounds a smaller lake named "Frame Lake". They've build some really nice walking/biking paths all around this lake, and we've been making use of them from time to time. These pictures show some typical views from the trail. The pictures were taken between about 9:30 and 10:00 - it gives you an idea of how light it is here, even this early in the year!
Getting out to take these pictures is the most I've done in days... haha.
Getting out to take these pictures is the most I've done in days... haha.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
No Northern Lights Tonight
Well, we went out last night to try to get some pictures of the Northern Lights, at 11:00... the sky was still really light! I think I'm going to have to wait until I have insurance on mom's car, then I can go out at 2 or 3 in the morning to try to get some pictures of them. It's amazing how light the sky stays, even now!
I did get some really nice pictures of the downtown area, and of the evening sky from Pilot's Monument (My favorite picture taking spot). Pictures below:
I did get some really nice pictures of the downtown area, and of the evening sky from Pilot's Monument (My favorite picture taking spot). Pictures below:
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