Webcam from the Far North!
 

This is purely so those of you who live where it isn't yet cold, dark and snowy can feel better about your weather! :) It's the view from the roof above the front door of the library in Palmer, Alaska (about 50 miles NE of Anchorage) where I am the director. Enjoy!
Edit: the image doesn't seem to be updating as it did in the other thread - weird. If you click on the link you'll see the current conditions. Don't ask me why the sun looks blue?? :shrug: Okay, fine. After I saved the edit, it updated. As my DH says: "Computers hate me." :lol:

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Thanks, Pat! I'm feeling better already :)

Mel

This is too cool! Thanks, Pat!! :D

So why is the sun BLUE?
At least we know you still have some sun even if it is weird!

Mel

I think it's something to do with the reflection off the camera mounting or the metal roof. But hey, you know, we do things differently in the north! :rofl: Also to make you feel better, we had only 7 hours 16 min of daylight today, but 5 weeks to the shortest day (12/21) and then we start getting longer daylight hours again.

Hi Pat,

I LOVE this shot! Today was unseasonably warm around here, i believe we hit 18 C!!

Rabbit

Bump.

I thought you'd have more snow! You need a thermometer on there, too...just to make us feel better :rofl:

I notice everyone seems to drive trucks! But I also thought trucks were really bad in the snow unless you weighted down the backs with something more than just snow. I guess because it's rural everyone needs trucks to take care of their land, right?

Hey, where is your snow???

Liza

:mad: It's at my house!

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a34...f/33460006.jpg

Ah, the snow. After it fell, we had some wind and it all blew away - honest! As for the trucks - it's the macho thing to do. And yes, they are very squirel-ly in the snow, but the guys will have them.....

Today it was 40 at 7 am, so I imagine we lose more snow. It sure makes for sloppy driving.

By 3 o'clock it was gone ... now it's back. Such is life in the lee of the lakes.

Bumping for Rabbit - we have lots of snow - and plenty of it! Also plenty of darkness. Official daylight is after 10 am! :eek: But after Friday we start gaining again - YAY!

It sure does look dark! So sunrise is at 10; is sunset at 4?

Ha! Actual times today: sunrise 10:14, sunset 3:34, 5 hrs. 20 min. But as I said, it'll start getting longer on Friday - just seconds, but it's movement. :lol:

Oh my goodness. So what is it like on June 21? Is that the day of total sunshine?

Frankly - wonderful! :D It's only "dark" for the same 5 hrs, 20 min or so. And that happens like between midnight and 5 am, and of course, the twilight means that it's only really dark dark for a couple hours. (Just checked, sunrise 4:11 am, sunset 11:46 pm) It's all good.

WOW! I would love that, but feel for the mommies who are trying to get the kids to sleep in broad daylight! I think I should be a summer resident and then in the winter live in AZ where they don't fall back. That would be perfect!

I spent a summer in northern Norway a gazillion years ago- I don't think I slept properly for 2 months (of course I was 19 years old and probably partying whenever it was light....)

Hey! When did it snow?

Mel

A snow view for you.

Dang I can't get that link :tantrum:

Well, it's because it was dark! :) Should be good between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm here. That's - let's see - 2 pm to 7 pm Eastern time. We've had another 6-8" of snow today. Yikes, it's getting deep!

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Kinda looks like Alaska, there :rofl:

Oh, ha, ha! :) We actually had a couple of warm - in the 50's! - days this week. Today it's back to the mid-20's, much more normal. Lots of snow got melted/compacted though.

Bumping this up so you can see that while it looks lovely and sunny (and we have over 10 hours of daylight now! :) ) it's really below zero with 30-40 mph winds - brrrrrrr.

It's beautiful! Thanks Pat :) Wishing you some warmth soon :sunny:

Thanks for bumping it up Pat, I love to see those pics...

On the site here does the pic change daily? Cause right now it seems to be at night, when I am viewing it...

Hi pat,

Thanks for the bump! Now i might have to figure out how to post a picture of my daffodills and crocuses! it's spring here!

Rabbit

Ilene, it does change all the time. When you posted this morning, it likely was still dark here. We're 4 hours earlier than you, and it doesn't start to get light until close to 7 am here, 11 am your time. :)

Bumping so you can see it's not always winter here! :)

I love seeing those pics ... Thanks for the bump Pat!

Bumping.

Today (7/2) we have sunrise at 4:28 AM, sunset 11:38 PM for a total of 19h 09m 42s which is − 2m 08s from yesterday. On the downward slope towards December :)

Thanks for the bump! I'd lost this thread :)

I love it! Thanks Pat...wow...I need to get there someday!

I also like to "visit" Hawaii on occasion so if anyone wants to join me, check this out. My co-worker wonders if it ever rains there, but really it does! Remember though, they're 5 hours behind EST

http://www.honolulu.gov/multimed/waikiki.asp

Bumping so you can see what we woke up to this morning - and appreciate where you live a little more. :lol:

Argh!!!! What a frightfully COLD sight!! ...

I love it when you bump this thread up Pat it's fun to watch the changes in your neck of the woods...

Ooooh, I love this too so feel free to bump it up anytime!

:D

Neat! Thanks for bumping it up! It's beautiful to look at, but I am soooooooo glad to NOT live in snow area. A few years in the mountains out west taught me that I am a Mississippi (warm weather) girl through and through.

brrrrr, Pat, that makes me COLD!! The Hawaii webcam looks more my style. :cool: