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Old 02-11-2012, 12:31 AM
 
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Thanks! It's actually a composite shot. The moon was too bright so I took one where you could see the craters rather than a white light bulb in the sky and another where the lights of Anchorage would not be too dark and put them together.
What technique did you use to combine them? Photoshop?
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Old 02-11-2012, 11:31 AM
 
Location: Vermont
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The mound in this picture was used for the runway expansion and widening. It's not there anymore.

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That mound looks very man-made. What was a mound doing in the middle of tundra country, anyway?
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Old 02-11-2012, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Seattle
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What technique did you use to combine them? Photoshop?
Yes, Photoshop Elements, Photomerge.
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Old 02-11-2012, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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The mound was a pile of dirt that was put there to dry out. They spread it out over the old runway to widen and lengthen it.
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Old 02-12-2012, 08:23 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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38 above.
about 20 degrees warmer there then here in Madison, WI... amazing
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Old 02-12-2012, 11:30 PM
 
Location: Naptowne, Alaska
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A few shots from this last week.

The Mrs ready to ride.


Checking the ice


Sweden learned how to plow snow


Early Anchorage morning


Sunrise on Denali...Anchorage view




Princess Lodge at Alyeska and north face
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4876/feb9042.jpg (broken link)

Container ship about to dock in Anchortown this morning
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Old 02-17-2012, 03:51 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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these pics are absolutely beautiful.

please keep them coming
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Old 02-18-2012, 10:16 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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wondered where you two were Rance... looks like Swed's got that plowing down ... What a great time you guys look like you had... hoping to do a bit of snowmachining myself next winter... thanks for sharing
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Old 02-18-2012, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Valdez, Alaska
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The sign out front of one of the B&Bs.


Depth gauge on the side of someone's house.




Eagle hanging with some crows.


Took a quick ride out Mineral Creek before the light went bad.


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Old 02-18-2012, 09:27 PM
 
Location: Harbor Springs, Michigan
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Hatcher Pass today



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