Negative 40 and dark nearly all day. Take me back to a crisp, colorful fall day, when 40 above made for a chilly foray.
Equinox Aurora
Equinox in Alaska is always monumental — the celestial usher of long summer days or dark winter nights. On March 19, when Fairbanks had almost exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness, we were treated to an exceptionally delightful display of northern lights.
Aurora borealis fills the winter equinox sky in the hills north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Bright lights in the distance are from mining machinery at the nearby Fort Knox Gold Mine. March 19, 2021.
Northern Lights and black spruce forests in the hills north of Fairbanks, Alaska. March 19, 2021.
The rising moon greets a lingering sunset while the northern lights streak overhead and car lights cross the lower frame during a dynamic winter equinox in Fairbanks, Alaska. March 19, 2021.
Welcome!
I’m very excited for my first Media North blog post — the first of many. This website (medianorthak.com) offers my unique view of Alaska and the world at large, centered around my home town of Fairbanks.
I’m also here to offer high-quality photographic and writing services for media publications, as well as fine art for businesses and individuals.
Please visit my “about” page for more on who I am.
This blog will be more features-based than my gallery pages. Check back often for updates on new projects, behind-the-scenes images, in-depth stories behind individual photos and trips, some musings and the occasional opine.
As stated on my home page, Fairbanks is a rugged frontier town in Alaska’s vast and remote Interior — as exemplified in my photographs and stories. In art, authenticity is very important to me. In journalism, accuracy and fairness are paramount.
I’ll finish today with a little more about me and a few pictures. In brief, I’m a life-long Alaskan that loves new experiences, long runs at a fast-casual pace, adventure, growing vegetables and making sauerkraut. So here I am engaged in a few of those activities.
Kicking into the finish line of the Equinox Marathon, Fairbanks.
Exploring in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
Working up a sweat mountain biking in Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska.