The Alaska Photocache is meant to be a fun, photo-sharing page about exploring Alaska in a responsible way. It's kind of like geocaching, but with photos instead. The idea is...
Posted by | June 12, 2022
My 2023 Wall Calendar is ready for order. Photos of wildlife, aurora borealis, landscape, and glaciers. All photos were taken by Fairbanks local photographer Lee Petersen.
Posted by | May 29, 2022
Photos and stories from some snowy spring hikes, bouldering, and birding around Fairbanks, Alaska. Backpacking at Granite Tors, hiking Angel Rocks, climbing at the Tatlanika Boulders and more.
Posted by | May 22, 2022
The pasqueflower is a purple-flowering perennial herb that grows from fibrous roots. It is poisonous to humans and animals.
Posted by | May 18, 2022
That's right! I'm joining every other man, woman, child, and their mothers in starting a video blog. My plan is for it to mostly be about photography, hiking, backpacking, outdoor...
Posted by | May 15, 2022
A fata morgana or superior mirage is a mirage that appears on the horizon and is typically associated with ships at sea or distant mountains.
Posted by | April 29, 2022
A parhelion or sun dog is a bright patch of light occurring on or near the 22° halo on the right and/or left of the Sun caused by the refraction...
Posted by | April 19, 2022
The oneflower cinquefoil (Potentilla uniflora) is a yellow-flowering perennial herb that grows in gravelly soils and tundra and is covered in silky hairs.
Posted by | April 13, 2022
It's been a while since I've written a plain old blog post. I'm primarily working on my Alaska Wildflower Guide, so there's lots of new stuff there. Not much else....
Posted by | April 5, 2022
The marsh fleabane (Tephroseris palustris), also known as the mastodon flower is a yellow flowering annual or biennial that grows in wet habitats.
