Night Views, Alaska and Northern Lights

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A full moon gives sufficient light, especially amplified on a snowy night, so that landscapes are strangely ethereal. These night photographs seemed otherworldly, perhaps because the moon was in a different part of the sky than the sun ever was or the softness of the images due to long exposures. It is strange to see pale blue skies with both recognizable constellations and clouds (in the photos) and the shadows are disconcerting and slightly out of place.



Late winter Matanuska Valley night garden view, Chugach Range to south



Night scape of garden, house and sky, late winter



Night view of Matanuska Peak and pale aurora (late winter)



Moon lit night view in Matanuska Valley with Chugach Range (Three Sisters) to south in late winter



Bright moon lit night view of old barn in Matanuska Valley (winter)



Moon light on the Talkeetna Mountains in winter



Moon lit night view of Matanuska Valley from 16 Mile on Hatcher Pass Road, fog and light pollution visible, also lights along freeway across Palmer Hay Flats.



Winter moon lit view of Talkeetna Mountains



Moon lit night view of Matanuska Valley from 16 mile on Hatcher Pass Road, fog and light pollution visible.



Winter moon lit view of Talkeetna Mountains



Night view of Little Susitna River flowing through chunks of snow and ice in February, moon shadows of birch and spruce trees.



Moon lit winter night view of Little Susitna River, O'Ryan's Belt constellation visible

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