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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The transition from blue hour to light pollution hours in Seattle. I wasn't expecting the plane coming towards me at the end to take a hard right turn. Note, you can see the Loupe near the top of the Space Needle rotating. It's not hard to look at.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Saturday evening in Seattle from Kerry Park. There was a larger crowd than I'm used to for sunset. The Mariners were playing in the park behind the Ferris Wheel with no hope of making the playoffs.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fall auroras also offer a rare time that I can see the aurora without much snow on the ground. This results in some of the darkest skies all year when the moon isn't present.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fall equinox is this week. During the equinoxes, Earth's magnetic orientation favors energy transfer from the solar wind into the magnetosphere, increasing the chance of auroras. For me, clouds are normally problematic this time of year. Spring is better. (This photo is overlooking Anchorage)

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Forget dating apps. Singles, come over and mingle while doing my yard work.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I took the US Capital's portrait on Monday 9/14 this week, about an hour after the Senate designated Sept 11-17, 2026 as Patriot Week. The ducks in the pond were laughing rather loudly while I was there.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

North facing window seat flying across the WA Cascades from east to west today. AK was overcast, so no timelapse heading from Seattle to Anchorage. Sad trombone sound.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’ve seen Belugas along Turnagain Arm 3 times this season. I have a 100% success rate seeing them near this mile marker just past Windy. I have a 0% success rate at Beluga Point. Why is the mile marker horizontal? Are the belugas responsible?? Why is Beluga Point deceptive this season???

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Obscure fact. Japan's geostationary view of Hurricane Lowell (at its current location) is very similar to NOAA's geostationary view of Anchorage. I'm guessing NHC isn't looking Japan's satellite. Hoping Lowell's upcoming right turn is a little less than 90 degrees.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A most successful excursion down Turnagain Arm includes seeing white sheep, white swans and white belugas while the wind isn't blowing 30+mph. I was 2/3 on my viewing yesterday. The swans were posing wonderfully for their golden hour portrait session. 10/10

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Can someone send belugas? I’ve only seen them once this season.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I made a timelapse to capture the clouds and cloud shadows over the freshened mountains above Anchorage on Mon afternoon. I didn't realize I was also capturing the wind gusts bending the vegetation (right side) until I processed the images. BTW, most of this snow is now gone.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I took this photo of the bore tide on Aug 20, 2024. There's not a single surfer in the photo. It was so wild to see everyone on Aug 29, 2026.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It was an early termination dust day today for the higher terrain around Anchorage. The vegetation, even at elevation, was barely changing color yet. Take that you all you encroaching willows!

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Surfers on the bore tide in Turnagain arm on Sat. There was a paddle out tribute/celebration of life for Guy Erickson. The full 3 min video can be found at youtu.be/HJCjUQ9HJBA Thanks to tallbill.bsky.social for alerting me to the paddle-out. Today's bore tide is predicted to be around 6:45pm.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

What if it was all green?! A 75 minute star trail from Sat night under a bright moon.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Last night was the first aurora of the season for me! It came with the moon 94% lit. This substorm hit around 1:20am AK time.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Bore tide in Turnagain Arm was packed with surfers today. I don't think I've seen that many surfers for a bore tide before.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Checking on the dandelion control specialist's coat. Some white showing up!

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For the record, I’m not subscribed.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Inspired by @climatologist49.bsky.social moose graphs, here is my yellow jacket observation graph. alaskapublic.org/news/anchora...

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I saw a partial rainbow today. It’s like Hawaii over here.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Did the moose sneeze? (Sound up)

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Zero dandelion control going on. I rate this dandelion control specialist a 1/10.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

One of the more interesting parts of the airshow in Anchorage was before the blue angels. There was a giant cloud of black smoke, followed by a jet shooting up near the smoke. Then it began shooting while it slowly fell down. Some doves then photobombed my shot, probably spooked by all the noise.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Multi-tasking Fisher Person at Ship Creek.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

When wind shear goes wild. Low clouds on their way to Turnagain Arm to see if there were any belugas whales got shredded by descending southerly winds.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For the cloud fans. I think they were on their way to Denali to make snow today.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The nest is dead. Now I see why my furnace didn’t work. They blocked the flow completely. Evil creatures.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I’ve had 4 yellow jacket nest on my house and deck this summer. One is in the outflow vent of my furnace. It caused the furnace to stop working. You’re looking at a bottle with 7 dust inside over the vent. They get the dust on them and take it back to the nest for a quick massacre.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It’s likely going to get above 65F inside today. It’s a heat wave! Stay cool everyone.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This was the wildest sky scene I’ve seen in a while. Noctilucent clouds viewed from above Kodiak around 4am. The orange/red band was from the sun hitting lower clouds I think. The sky was dark full of stars elsewhere else. The plane wing is at the bottom.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The new storage method is to store the snow where it fell on the road? Can I get an extra helping of window rock chips too?

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Clouds going in opposite directions and one cloud decides to make a u turn.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Front yard summer update. Sound up!

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Fresh snow on the mountain tops near Anchorage this morning. No heat warnings in place here.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Three Dandelion Control Specialist working hard in my yard. Why can't they do this every day?! This is a 4.5 min video sped up to 20 seconds.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This young dandelion control specialist has enough dandelions in a 5ft sq radius to survive through summer. Send more dandelion control specialist!

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Finally! A dandelion control specialist has stopped by.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I have a spider cleaning my car. I might need more spiders.

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I should have watched longer before sharing an image. This is 1218pm local. Look at the structure in that circulation near the ground!

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Don Moore @capture907.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

For the lava and ash-devil fans, Kilauea is doing volcano things again. If you scroll back to about 1210pm local time on the youtube channel you can see a well-defined circulation. There's lots of tephra falling too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...

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