Not really suitable for the Waterlogue app but I thought that the sunset here in Barrow was kind of nice. This was taken about 7:30pm and you can see that the sun is still quite a ways above the horizon. I believe sunset is supposed to be 8:47pm. It won't be too much longer until there is no more sunsets. That occurs on may 11
th. For those looking for Spring, this may be the wrong place to be. Though several of the locals have said how nice to have daylight again and don't really comment at all on the snow. I believe that many prefer the snow to the dust and mud.
I've been pretty busy trying to get things cleaned up and ready for the upcoming field season. There were quite a few problems all, I believe, related to power outages. One server hung on the boot page wanting someone to press "F1". It has been sitting there since Feb 5
th. Several more failed UPS units due to power spikes. I replaced them with much older units which probably don't have much battery capacity but do have better power isolation. A couple of outdoor wireless antennae need to be re-aimed due to the strong winds they've been experiencing around here.
But overall, things are looking good! (Though not very "Spring-like") This is one of the residential "huts" (as in 1940s vintage quonset huts). With some windblown snow that seems to be the norm here in Barrow.
Richard
ReplyDeleteI think each person has their own unique idea of what spring is. So does extended daylight mess with your body clock? I think I would prefer daylight to darkness.
I think that you get used to the extended daylight or darkness pretty quickly unless you are determined not to.
DeleteBeautiful capture of subtle blues. There is a more fragile early light this time of year. Your Spring is in the sky.
ReplyDeleteIt does look pretty blue. That's why I wasn't sure how well it would come out with the Waterlogue app...
DeleteThey may not be spring-like, but they are pretty.
ReplyDeleteJust to dispel any Spring thoughts, I added another picture taken this morning of one of the residential huts. Still a fair amount of snow and below 0°F temperatures.
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ReplyDeleteactually white snow looks nice when it covers the landscape. It also adds a muffled sound to the world, a sort of quietness which is also nice.
I'm amazed that you don't have someone up there to HIT the ENTER key to get the computer booted up. Can't you get remote access ? Can't you write a script to automatically hit the enter key ? Oh, well an excuse for you to take a few paid days vacation on work time
bob
A weekend photographer or Riding the Wet Coast
It is really hard to explain to a someone which server it is. There are two racks full with three KVM switches so it's not that simple. What I should do is install the IP interface to the KVM so I could remotely connect. The problem is that the message occurs during the boot process so there isn't anything running yet on the host that you could remotely connect into. Hence the IP addressable KVM.
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