Dutchman Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Shana Great photographs. I would be more than happy to assist this co-worker for a couple of days during his work and take the opportunity to make beautiful picutes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Rouse Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Absolutely breath-taking. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Beautiful pictures! You know I am sitting here in Philly wishing I was in "nowhere" Alaska, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 B E A U T I F U L and yes I'm yelling!!!! Thank you so much Shanna, I love your and everyone else's nature pic. I grew up the mountains and miss nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Ohhhh ! Shana! just lovely! I see inspiration for a quilt in there... the colors are so incredible and they look like 3-D! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appr216 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks for sharing. Pics are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks for sharing, Shana. Northeastern Minnesota isn't Alaska, but it shares some similarities in its isolation and wild beauty -- payback for the cold winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriasews Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Like all the others, Wow, awesome, beautiful! I have seen only one in real life and believe it or not, it was in central Indiana! It was all pinky in color and filled the sky. It was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 How beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Wow...how lucky he is to see all this beauty and lucky to photo it too. Thank you for sharing. The photos took my breath away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Gee I want to go back to Alaska now. We were there about 3 years ago in August. Snow at the mountain tops but no arurora. Thanks for sharing the pictures. I saved them and thinking about doing some thread painting. We just took a class from Nancy Prince and I think I see a quilt coming. The pictures are so beauitful that only God can compose for the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IQuiltToo Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Shana, incredible beauty! Thanks for sharing. Your co-worker should put together a show for a gallery or put up a website. Just stunning pictures! Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryjo2003 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Wow! That's beautiful, Shana! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg_marsh Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 those are fantastic pictures - thanks for sharing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyrw Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Beautiful! Thanks for sharing Shana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda G. Craig Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Wow, what amazing photos! Absolutely awesome! What beautiful country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 OK just gotta tell you all that these photos were taken with the camera lens open for a long period of time, so it allowed in a lot of light into the camera. What looks like “daylight” on the photograph is really a night scene but because he kept the lens open it allowed the light to come in more and made it look brighter than it really was. In all reality it was a dark moonlit evening, and the light is exaggerated by the camera lens, and the artistic freedom of the person taking the photo. Originally posted by Mary Beth Beautiful!! You must love living where you can look out the door and see that!! Oh let me just say that these types of scenes are not your “every day” scenes that we just happen to look at all of the time… these are rare opportunities that were captured by a camera at the right moment in time. Originally posted by LFQuilts …. we just studied sound and light in 4th grade so I know a little more about the Northern Lights. Also, do the Northern Lights have any sound in them? Well, I have seen the aurora on quite a few occasions but only one (1) time did I actually “hear” anything. I will never forget that one special time…it was around 1990-91 and I was with another person who heard them, too, so I know I am not crazy… we were up on the North Slope (top of Alaska) and driving on the road. The lights were dancing with very bright colors and they were covering the entire sky (this is also very rare, too) so we had to pull over and stop and get out and just look at them. We were out in the middle of no where. No buildings for miles, no cars, no nothing for miles; just us standing out there. And we heard what sounds a lot like static; a crackly popping sound. I’ve only heard this once so I know it’s rare to actually hear them, too---the atmospheric conditions have to be “just right.” Shannon, yes..... God is the bestest doodlebug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Anderson Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 OMG! What beauty, stunning, God doses love us to let us see this, however it was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoAnnHoffman Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 My husband said it was beautiful up at work. Gorgeous colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltnutt Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Breath taking pictures...wonderful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Yes, truly breathtaking....thanks for sharing them Shana...I agree with Bobbi, inspriration for a quilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedquilts Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 spectacular- amazing. ( ditto doodlebug) Irene in BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie UK Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Truly wonderful Shana What a fantastic treat for us Thank you soooo much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoTech Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Shana, I would really like to see the Northern lights someday, but they come at a very cold time of the year for me. Maybe someday I will fly up to see the lights then head for the Florida Keys to thaw out on the beach, watching the sun set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamarack Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Shana, those are gorgeous photos. Your co-worker has a great eye for photography. We sometimes get the beautiful green northern lights over here too but I have never been able to get a picture. I too have only heard them once and you described the noise exactly....a crackling popping sound, I didn't realize what the noise was at first. I called up a friend and woke her up so she could go out and see them too....she was very glad I did as she had just moved here and had never seen them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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