I was chatting with Kyle this morning, and he asked me how Alaska was. I looked outside to see the sun rising, and it was so pretty, I ran out to get some pictures.

One of these days I’m going to get up early not to work for Journalism, but to actually take my time and capture a good sunrise here. These pictures suffer from poor preparation, and dirty equipment. My camera’s CCD appears to have some specks of dust on it, and what appears to be a tiny hair. Living with 2 cats and 2 dogs can have it’s disadvantages (besides the whole money for food and care, and the box of poop in the house thing).

Pre-dawn:

EDIT: I reprocessed this picture to bring out more of the light and color from the sunrise. Here it is:

Our cabin:

The fireweed is starting to turn color, another sign of the impending winter:

This is the first time I’ve seen direct sunlight in at least a week. Maybe 2. I need a filter to reduce the flare, because this could have been a lot cooler: