Toastie, 7 days ago to Alaska

"Filipinos have been in Alaska for 236 years... We are the state’s largest immigrant minority, but there are few records for us to learn from. It’s an uphill battle, trying to share our community’s stories the way we feel is right."

TASHA ELIZARDE (SHE/HER)
Co-founder of media collective Mana Alaska; executive producer of oral history project Mga Kuwento
Juneau, #Alaska

#IAmTheWest #TootSEA

https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-6/its-our-stories-that-ground-us-to-home/

leepetersen, 9 days ago to Alaska

The northern lights reach out across the sky over the Chena River Valley, viewed from Angel Rocks in early March.

https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Alaska-Photos/Aurora-Borealis

#Alaska #auroraborealis

MicheleV_AK, 9 days ago to Alaska

Leucistic moose in Alaska!! According to AK Dept of Fish & Game: "While conducting moose twinning surveys in Interior Alaska last week, biologists spotted this young, leucistic cow moose." Photos: Aidan Hunter, ADF&G. #Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #LeucisticMooseAlaska #Moosetodon

The leucistic (white) young moose was spotted by the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game last week.
The leucistic (white) young moose was spotted by the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game last week. In this picture, the moose is running.

MicheleV_AK, 11 days ago to Alaska

Such an Alaskan picture! Six sandhill cranes and a moose in the same picture. Photos by Michelle Hanson. #Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #Moostedon #SandHillCranes

Six Sandhill cranes in front and a moose in the background.
Six Sandhill cranes in front and a moose in the background.

AlaskaWx, 13 days ago to Alaska

Before there was the UAF low temperature photo ops, there was Denali State Bank photo ops downtown. From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner January 29, 1989. -44C = -48F. #Alaska #Fairbank #History @ANC_Historian @CarrieinFbx @anisian

MicheleV_AK, 13 days ago to Alaska

Sweet, darling moose calves! 💗 Photos by Michelle Hanson. #Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #Moosetodon #MooseBabies

A close-up photo of a moose calf standing among dandelions. Long, beautiful eyelashes!
A profile shot of a moose calf.

MicheleV_AK, 13 days ago to Alaska

Looks like this guy found the perfect and most comfortable spot in the woods for a nap. It looks like he has two sets of ears...lol! Photo by Lacee Johnson. #Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #Moosetodon

AlaskaWx, 13 days ago to Alaska

Guilty pleasure: not native to Interior Alaska, but I love the smell of the chokecherry trees this time of year. #Alaska #BloomScrolling

AK_OK, 13 days ago to Alaska

Good news: Samples taken from people living in the Arctic show lower levels of regulated pollution.

Bad news: The samples showed rising levels of unregulated chemicals.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2024/05/30/decades-long-monitoring-shows-reduced-levels-of-regulated-contaminants-in-arctic-peoples-bodies/ #akleg #Alaska

netblocks, 14 days ago to Alaska

ℹ️ Confirmed: An outage has been registered on internet provider Alaska Communications (AS7782) in #Alaska; the operator reports that it is experiencing service failures due to fiber damage caused by construction equipment in Oregon 📉

ScienceDesk, 14 days ago to Alaska

Why are some rivers in Alaska turning orange?

CNN reports on a new study about thawing permafrost in the journal Communications: Earth & Environment.

https://flip.it/z9Eh.l

Here's the original study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01446-z

#Alaska #Permafrost #River #ClimateChange #Climate #Science

leepetersen, 15 days ago to Alaska

Jagged peaks tower over the steep Gabriel Icefall on the Gulkana Glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range in mid-August.

My hiking guide to the area: https://www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-guide/gulkana-glacier-hike/

#Alaska #Glacier #Hiking

leepetersen, 16 days ago to Bloomscrolling

I've got a lot of writing to do this week! I photographed and identified six wildflowers that will be added to add to my Alaska Wildflower Guide. Cat and I saw some interesting stuff along the lower Granite Tors trail yesterday. Hopefully, I'll have some more photos later today or tomorrow!

Flowers are dwarf marsh violet (Viola epipsila) and fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa), both already in my Alaska Wildflower Guide: https://www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-wildflowers/

#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #Alaska

Close-up of a dwarf marsh violet (Viola epipsila) showing a delicate purple flower with a white center and veined petals. The flower is set against a backdrop of its own green leaves and other forest floor debris, highlighting its small size and vibrant color.
A group of fairy slipper orchids (Calypso bulbosa) growing in the wild. The photo captures several pink and white orchid flowers with distinct elongated petals and a detailed, patterned interior. They rise on slender stems above broad green leaves, surrounded by leaf litter of the forest floor.
A close-up of a beaver in water, focused on its wet, detailed fur and alert eyes. The beaver’s face is partially submerged, showing its whiskers and the texture of its fur. Reflected light ripples on the water surface around it, with fallen leaves visible in the water.

MicheleV_AK, 16 days ago to Alaska

Squeee!! Wood Bison babies! These littles are newly born at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. #Alaska #WoodBisonBabies

leepetersen, 17 days ago to Alaska

An aurora corona above the trees in late August. We have a little under three months before it gets dark enough again to see the aurora in Fairbanks, Alaska. I haven't seen much aurora while the leaves are still on the trees.

In my aurora gallery: https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Alaska-Photos/Aurora-Borealis

#Alaska #auroraborealis

MicheleV_AK, 17 days ago to Alaska

This guy needs some floss! LOL! Photo by Lacee Johnson. #Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #Moosetodon

MicheleV_AK, 17 days ago to Alaska

My hubby just sent these from Anchor Point, Alaska. He's been down there fishing for halibut and hanging out with friends. Gorgeous sunset on the beach. #Alaska #SummerInAlaska #AnchorPoint #SunsetInAlaska

Gorgeous sunset over Mt. Redoubt on the beach at Anchor Point, Alaska with hues of red, yellow and orange over Cook Inlet.
Gorgeous sunset over Mt. Redoubt on the beach at Anchor Point, Alaska with hues of red, yellow and orange over Cook Inlet.
Gorgeous sunset on the beach at Anchor Point, Alaska with hues of red, yellow and orange over Cook Inlet.

ai6yr, 18 days ago to Alaska

Wow, didn't realize Alaska had problems with coal seams catching on fire. #wildfires #coal #Alaska https://akfireinfo.com/2024/05/16/winds-bring-life-to-smoldering-coal-seam-fire-northeast-of-healy/

EyeOnAlaska, 18 days ago to Alaska

Our junior Senator, Dan Sullivan (R) Ohio, is a completely useless MAGA tool. BS right-wing trolls spread a story that Denali NPS told construction workers to take down a U.S. Flag. The story is complete BS. #Alaska #DenaliNPS

seachanger, 18 days ago to Alaska

fishing boat cruise over to the Baird glacier to hike moraines. wildflowers and arctic terns haven’t arrived yet, so felt a little lonely, but always an amazing place to tromp around. we may have pushed some giant rocks down a big moraine hill 🪨

#Alaska

Two seated figured in front of a big glacier view with water and ice bergs and mountains on the side
Person standing in front of icebergs and a glacier in the background,plants in the foreground which is a glacial moraine
People walking on a white sand each, ice bergs to the left and mountain in the background

leepetersen, 17 days ago to Alaska

There were so many flowers yesterday despite it being so early in greening up at Table Top Mountain in the White Mountain National Recreation Area, Alaska.

List of flora and write-up on the hike and trail conditions with lots of photos here: https://www.lwpetersen.com/photo-blog/table-top-mountain-trail-flora-may-25-2024/

#alaska #hiking #bloomscrolling #wildflowers

White blossoms with yellow anthers in the middle of narcissus anemone
Two blossoms of pink-flowering woolly lousewort, one fully blooming, the other still early to bloom with only small bits of pink showing through the fern-like leaves and thick white wool.
Close-up of purple, trumpet-like flowers of fewflower fumewort.

scienceupdates, 18 days ago to Alaska

What's up with rivers in Alaska's Brooks Range? They are turning orange, likely because nearby permafrost is thawing and causing all sorts of downstream effects...

#Alaska #Arctic #environment #ClimateChange #permafrost #nature #research #chemistry

https://www.labroots.com/trending/earth-and-the-environment/27191/alaskan-rivers-orange

MicheleV_AK, 18 days ago to Alaska

A few more shots from today's trip to Kenai Wildlife Refuge on Skilak Road. #Alaska #SummerInAlaska #KenaiWildlifeRefuge #SkilakLakeRoad

An island in the middle of Bottenintnin Lake.
Another photo of Equmen Lake with the snow-frosted mountains in the background.

MicheleV_AK, 18 days ago to Alaska

We went out to the Kenai Wildlife Refuge near Sterling, Alaska today. We call it Skilak for short as most of the lakes, trails, campgrounds, etc. are on Skilak Road within the Refuge. It's about 15 miles from where we live. Started out cloudy and then we had some sun. The lakes were all lovely. #Alaska #SummerInAlaska #KenaiWildlifeRefuge #SkilakRoad

Bottenintnin Lake is the very first lake you come to on Skilak Road inside the Kenai Wildlife Refuge. Snow-frosted mountains surround the lake.
Skilak Lake is HUGE! In this picture, you can see Frying Pan Island where folks like to camp. You can still see remnants of the big fire between the lake and the snow-frosted mountains.
Skilak Lake with snow-frosted mountains surrounding it. Skilak Lake Road is 18 miles long and full of campgrounds, lakes, trails, wildlife, etc.

MicheleV_AK, 19 days ago to Alaska

And my hubby just put up his new fence around his outdoor planters. Makes me go hmmmmmmmm...Must admit, he did a fine job...my husband, not the moose! But the moose can jump. #Alaska #MooseFenceJumper #AlaskaWildlife #Moosetodon #HighFences

My husband built a lovely fence to keep moose out of his garden. Hope it works!
My husband built a lovely fence to keep moose out of his garden. Hope it works!