The wind had died down and this was the view as I was heading out of the BARC science facility towards my hut. I just thought it looked pretty cool and I liked the colors. You may notice the snow drifting across the road and there wasn't any evidence of the other vehicles that have been through here today including the large loader that made the snow pile on the right. In fact, it may be difficult to clearly identify the road from the concealed ditches. Hopefully the wind doesn't pick up again until after I fly out tomorrow evening.
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Richard, that is a simply gorgeous photo. Your composition and decision to take that shot is perfect!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I had tried lightening the photo but I didn't like how it came out. So this is straight from the camera.
DeleteSo pretty but eerie all at the same time. Only eerie because it is so desolate. Love the colors though.
ReplyDeleteWhat time of day was sunset? Have a good flight home tonight.
It has been pretty eerie around here as there are very few people around out here. Especially during the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, I ran into a couple from France wandering around the building. They were just out looking at the displays on the wall and they were on foot....
DeleteSunset today will be at 6:09PM. Thats almost 9 minutes later than it was on Sunday. See what I mean about daylight coming back rapidly.
I think you need to define your terms. I know what a road is in the lower 48. In Barrow I haven't a clue. Perhaps they define a road as a space between snowdrifts? That picture looks like a lunar scape. How you work there even for a few days baffles me.
ReplyDeleteI like the lunar landscape description but for there to be wind, there needs to be an atmosphere. Maybe a Mars sunset. And I the only problem with your definition is many times the snow is drifting across the roads. I've had to blast through some drifts over a foot deep on the main "road". And have gotten stuck after wandering just a foot off the "road" and broke through the frozen crust.
DeleteI'm equally puzzled how you can stand being in hot, muggy Key West during the summer. To me, that's much more challenging than the cold.
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteRichard:
ReplyDeleteduring the Winter aren't the road boundaries marked with flags or poles stuck on the sides of the road. In northern BC they have those T-type frames where the signs hang "down", but higher than the snow level. I mean, how would you know there was a ditch there ?
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
Up here, no. Along the main road running along the shore there are wooden stakes but they get buried in the snow or run over. In this case you would only know that there was a ditch there if you were here before the snow....
DeleteThat photo is Cold Greatness. How many times have you been to Barrow and of those, how many times delayed arriving or departing? Seems as though flexibility is called for.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how many times I've been to Barrow. According to Alaska Airlines, this is trip 13 just in the last two years. So far, only two cancellations but quite a few delays.
DeleteOnly two cancellations so far... incredible. Isn't it amazing how much beauty there is (cold or hot, north or south) anywhere you are - if you only see. Love the photo, can only imagine. Have a safe flight back
ReplyDeleteAlaska Airlines has been very reliable transportation. Here I'm talking about the Barrow flights and most of those use the 737-Combi jets which rarely venture outside of Alaska. Most of the delayed flights are from delays in the lower-48 somewhere, usually weather related.
DeleteBack in Fairbanks then leaving again tonight...