VLBA Dawn
Going North… Again
I will be spending the next several weeks aboard the Nordic Quest. We are bringing the boat down from Juneau to Anacortes for the winter. During this time I will be out of contact with the world. No internet! Or, at best, sporadic contact.
I am taking the opportunity to re-post all of my old Alaskan travel posts to the new blogging platform, the better ones anyway. Something to keep my readers occupied while I am off voyaging the inside passage.
Nordic Quest 2011 from Andrew Cooper on Vimeo.
Miniature Effect
What to do while waiting for your plane? Fiddle with the camera?
My camera was already in-hand and I had almost an hour to wait for boarding. I may as well explore some of the little used functions and hidden menus the camera has to offer. Thus I took a few photos of a plane debarking and boarding on the open flightline of the Kona airport, playing with the camera settings. I didn’t realize just how much photos of a jet taken in black and white really do conjure up memories of vintage jet travel in the 60’s.
The miniature effect is just a bit of photographic fun. Something that can be used quite creatively in the right circumstance. I have been aware of the effect for some time, recently I had come across the effect in a number of online photos, and some great timelapse videos.
Departing Juneau
For the next three weeks we will be cruising from Juneau to Anacortes. Three weeks of fishing, sightseeing, whale watching and photography. It should be a good trip, time spent with my father, an uncle and good friends.
There will be the occasional opportunity for contact, brief stops along the way to get fuel and supplies, places that may also offer a 3G signal. Those moments will be brief, just a chance for updates and perhaps a phone call to my wife to let her know I still exist. I can only consider the mountain of messages that will await my return to the digital world.
Provisioning
It is a rather long list.
After it is all purchased there will be the chore of carrying it all down the dock and stowing it away into the many cupboards and freezers aboard the boat. Invariably this will occur at low tide when the ramp to the dock is steepest.
- 5dz eggs
- 3 bags frozen potatoes o’brien
- 5lbs sugar
- 1 box tea, assorted
- …this list goes on…
The procedure is fairly well practiced at this point, this is not the first time we have done this. I know where to find everything, in a supermarket I visit about once a year. The list is refined each year, it has a history now, the failures removed and perhaps a couple new menu ideas included.
We will rely on catching a few fish along the way. If the lines come up empty the menu may get a bit monotonous. But this is Alaska, we will catch something.
Full Moon
Control
Ending the Day
Diablo Range
Mt. Hamilton and Lick Observatory are located in the middle of the Diablo Range overlooking San Jose and San Francisco. From this high peak the sunsets reveal a beautiful view of the rest of the range when rich light mixes with haze and smog from the city.
Postcard from the Summit – Interferometer Cabling
