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This was actually taken last year when I first arrived here in Alaska. The photos are taken well north of the Arctic Circle. There is a little man made island I quite often visit due to business that is considered in my business to be the North Slope. It is there I have taken these photos. The nearest town I believe is DeadHorse.
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~LeyBorealis Jul 3, 2011  Student General Artist
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~RaevenWood Jul 14, 2006
I wish that I could see the aurora in Iowa. But alas, I cannot...well...actually, I did one time last year. It was amazing! Nothing like it.

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~Mistress-of-the-Dark Aug 27, 2006  Professional Traditional Artist
Where were you when you saw the aurora?

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The coffin lid opens, as the darkness prevails. It is only then she will unvail.


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~RaevenWood Aug 27, 2006
I was visiting a friend who is stationed at Minot AFB in North Dakota. At the time he and his wife were living north of base pretty close to the border with Canada.

And oddly enough, I have seen it in Iowa. Just once though. I live in the Northwest corner. If you look at a map, I'm in the county that juts out farther west than the other ones...just north of the intersection of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Last summer the Aurora had been particulary intense. It was more amazing here than it had been in North Dakota. I thought that it was absolutely spectacular.

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~Mistress-of-the-Dark Aug 31, 2006  Professional Traditional Artist
Ok, first of all... I am jealous you could see the aurora at night during the summer. When I walked outside at night this summer all I saw was the sun. My camera and film will freeze (literally) if I keep it out longer than a minute or two. Wow!!! I wish I could have been there to see it. But since I wasn't, I guess I will have to put the old parka on and drive to Fairbanks and hope the batteries on my toe warmers last the night.

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~RaevenWood Aug 31, 2006
It may have been in the fall when I saw the Aurora. I remember that it was fairly chilly out that night. Are you in the area of Alaska where you have the "Midnight Sun"? I've always wanted to experience seeing the sun out for that extended period of time.

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~Mistress-of-the-Dark Aug 31, 2006  Professional Traditional Artist
I live in Anchorage. Yes, we have the midnight sun here. My first summer here. Nearly drove me insane. I would fall asleep at 10pm while it was still daylight and awake to the same light a few hours later. I lost days because they ran from one to the next with no break. I am originally from Texas. The longest day we have (rather had) was 15-16 hours. Here, 24 hours of day light for 2 solid months. It took me a while to get used to it. The day/night change was actually easier on me than it was on my partner since I was here when it first started. He was in Trinidad until July and came back during the transition period (after the summer solstice, June 21, we gain 6 minutes of darkness per day until the winter solstice on December 21).

I have some pictures taken at midnight on June 21 and it shows how much daylight we had. The sun was not exactly "up" in the since it was overhead in the sky, but it was light out. It was really wierd. That night, I went out and looked at the sky and there was a dark "cap" on the sky and a ring of light that seperated the surface of the land from the sky 360 degree. It was almost like the moment you see the daylight in the morning and strangely enough, it was also like seeing the sky just at the same exact time the sun sets.

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~RaevenWood Aug 31, 2006
I thought that the midnight sun didn't take effect unless you were farther north. Probably just some kind of lower 48 misconception. I think having daylight for that amount of time would mess with me as well. I have a hard enough time transitioning between sleeping during the day and staying awake at night.

How did you end up in Alaska being from Texas?

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~Mistress-of-the-Dark Aug 31, 2006  Professional Traditional Artist
Alaska is known for being the land of the Midnight Sun. It is actually one of our mottos. Here in Anchorage, the sun doesn't exactly float in the sky during the entire night but it stays light out for 24 hours. I think on June 21, the sun technically set at around 1:30 am which would have made it in all reality June 22, but we will still say it was the "night" of the 21. However, it was back up in the sky again at 2:30 am. The photos I have were taken during the 1 hour it was technically down. Above Anchorage during the summer hours, the sun never sets. It does stay up all day and all night. We use "blackout" curtains to keep our rooms dark enough to sleep in or use built in blackout shutters. Here at the house I live in, my bedroom is downstairs in the converted basement but I do not have the blackout curtains everyone else uses on my so I suffered through the insanity of constant daylight. Not again. Next summer, it is blackout curtains in every room.

Now to answer you other question, I am a consultant and work in the IT field. I do work in regards to CMMS, particularly MAXIMO. It is a monster piece of software. I write processes and procedures for the way a person installs and uses the software as well as how a person would go about making a change to the software package. My partner (he does system administration for the same software) and I came here last year one to work for of the big 3 (oil/gas companies). Even though our contract ended in May, we continue to live here because we found a place we feel we can call home. Now he and I work either remotely or or travel to the lower 48 or where ever our work takes us so we an continue to live here. We both just recently returned from Trinidad where we worked for the world's largest producer of Methane. My partner leaves next week to go to Orange County, CA on a contract with a major pharmaceutical company on a long term project. However, due to the fact I am having some issues with my health, I cannot go with him and will be working from home for one of the big 3 doing documentation again.

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The coffin lid opens, as the darkness prevails. It is only then she will unvail.


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~smile-for-me Jul 10, 2006
ahh i really want to see one one day when i get older.
very pretty but im sure it so colf up there.
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Between the lines My eyes have seen
all the lies in between
the lines in the paragraph
that you dare telegraph.

My heart cannot take
another loss, for Heaven's sake.
From the last I still suffer.
There's no break, there's no buffer.

I think of the day I shall be free
from all the pain you gave me
Why must my heart be forsaken?
True love it has never taken.Between the lines by ~Mistress-of-the-Dark
The Future... Strolling down the path I see,
two visions of me.
Walking hand in hand they go
What the future holds no one knows

As they approach the crossroads, one could see
both turn to look at me
Each one looked at the road ahead
one with fear, one with dread

They took a step to start
Their hands let go, but not their heart
Their eyes welled with tears as they disappeared
down the roads of dread and fear

As I approached the crossroads I could see
no sight of the visions of me
fear and dread had gone
down their paths alone

The path that was left for me to take
was one few had dared to make
The choice was mine and mine alone
For my sinThe Future... by ~Mistress-of-the-Dark
Leaving the World Behind Wilted and withered
My soul has dithered
Crys from the heart
Whilst you depart

Tears of sorrow
Seek the morrow
Sadness has come
Harps, angels strum.

The sky shows bright
With rays of heaven's light
St. Pete patiently awaits
Your arrival at heaven's gate

'Til death, we did part
Shattered lies my heart
Your departure unexpected
Thoughts if it, rejected

Hate, love, love hate
Anger for sorrow's sake
Time heals the pain
Only your memory will remain

Several years have now passed
Memories continue to outlast
The loneliness of the mind
Since you left the world behindLeaving the World Behind by ~Mistress-of-the-Dark
Lost upon the Ocean Though the night shines bright
With heaven's light
The loneliness creeps
When the darkness is deep

I lay my hand
Where you should be
Walking in the sand
I dream of you and me

In a cold sweat, I awake
My heart, it doth ache
Tears slowly stream
Eyes losing their gleam

Fighting the depression
Loneliness and aggression
Day in, day out
Makes my heart stout

Protected by a virtual wall
The heart can no longer hear the call
To feel love's emotion
Now that it is lost upon the oceanLost upon the Ocean by ~Mistress-of-the-Dark
All Is Not Lost by ~Mistress-of-the-Dark
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