Derby is reporting a trace of snow today.

For the garbage can fans. Near the end of this timelapse, the aurora got super bright overhead, lighting up the ground and Derby.

I just saw the aurora to the north-northeast in Anchorage. It's not fully dark yet. It's pretty lit in Yellowknife currently. Let's see if we get another pre-10pm burst.

Who's ready for more aurora? This is in normal speed (no timelapse) from 9/30 around 930pm in Anchorage.

Last night's aurora show just before 10pm, which took off before the clouds moved in. 😀 This is the 2nd pre-10pm burst this week.

There were several nice bursts last night. The first was around 930pm (what an early treat!). This is another bigger one about 125am. This timelapse covers about 5 minutes of time.

Derby wanted to watch the aurora tonight. Happy Garbage Eve to all that celebrate!

Fall auroras in Anchorage usually means aurora with clouds. Here's last nights show.

The hurricane center said this today about hurricane Narda in the east pacific. "A fortuitous 1329 UTC SAR RCM-1 NRCS image revealed a 15 nm symmetric eye beneath a small CDO..." My analysis. Narda has an outie belly button (circled).

While we wait for better conditions, here's another Sept aurora viewed from near Hope, AK with a bright moon. The water is draining out of Turnagain Arm because the moon said to. Like most Sept auroras here, clouds are usually photobombing.

While we wait for more auroras, here's an aurora show from Sep 2023. The clouds had lots of different places to be.

I took more photos of the outside from the inside.

Yesterday, 2 days before autumnal equinox.

For the star trail fans!

I rate this landing a 0/10. The Jay did not remain in place long enough to call it a landing. This is a slow motion replay confirming the rating.

Here's another aurora timelapse from Sunday. There was a brighter period about 1110-1120pm that occurred in a weak spot in the clouds to the east.

Here's my first aurora timelapse of the 2025-2026 season! It was mostly more vivid on camera than to the eyeballs. Then the clouds came. Andromeda Galaxy can be seen above and to the right of center. The Pleiades can be seen rising low and center above the mountain.