Category Archives: Weather, Tides & Geography

The physical world around us – weather, tides, and natural land features.

Same Old Summer Solstice

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Mark Zeiger

We tend to make a fuss over the solstices, summer and winter. Winter Solstice is easy in many ways—the darker the better. Summer Solstices, in Southeast Alaska, tend to be a little less dramatic. Our Summer Solstice, which fell on … Continue reading →

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A Squirrel’s Breath

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Mark Zeiger

Saturday we experienced one of those ineffable Southeast Alaska spring mornings: calm, cool air, fragrant with alder blossoms; sun rising clear over the Coast Range to the east, illuminating the pod of sea lions pursuing fish—relatively quietly, for them—in the … Continue reading →

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