Alaska is my home, come visit and leave your cash

[thør]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/11219047_969186809791894_4582368913688399607_n.jpg?oh=9af115792fd2d04775a1e9cad43d1e38&oe=568F4C7A

 

[MonaLittle]

o0o0o - Prettttyyyy!!

 

[thør]

o0o0o - Prettttyyyy!!

Lotsa pics of that same lake in the last couple weeks. It's right on the side of the road.

 

[jezzilee]

Lotsa pics of that same lake in the last couple weeks. It's right on the side of the road.

It is neat to see it at different times of the day and such...thank you for sharing!

 

[thør]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12105985_712355692242234_6533065189416750740_n.jpg?oh=36dbc1bf05d932e2711744715d407f30&oe=5693F665

The beach.

 

[jezzilee]

What a spectacular view

 

[thør]

What a spectacular view

I spent summers growing up on that beach. it was some hard work, but it was good work.

 

[Aquagal]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12105985_712355692242234_6533065189416750740_n.jpg?oh=36dbc1bf05d932e2711744715d407f30&oe=5693F665

The beach.

...

 

[thør]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12144939_10204945660147398_377360067343778365_n.jpg?oh=304d248c8172f44e9c5c1dc8c4fac7f0&oe=569C7FF3

Just downhill.

 

[jezzilee]

I spent summers growing up on that beach. it was some hard work, but it was good work.

sounds a bit like Utopia.

 

[thør]

sounds a bit like Utopia.

It was wet, sandy and fishy.

I never should have stopped.

 

[thør]

http://www.adn.com/sites/default/files/styles/ad_slideshow_wide/public/DogMushing-09.JPG?itok=_28ZfEqS

http://www.adn.com/sites/default/files/styles/ad_slideshow_wide/public/DogMushing-11.JPG?itok=c7BMo06E

http://www.adn.com/sites/default/files/styles/ad_slideshow_wide/public/DogMushing-05.JPG?itok=35eOagyf

When dog mushers get bored.

 

[thør]

Boomers are bailing.

Alaska for Alaskans, Yankee go home!

 

[thør]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQkC6YOWIAAJaT1.jpg:large

There's bones. Human bones.

 

[thør]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQkb01mWcAAZysT.png

 

[thør]

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12118963_10153745219084225_5648500041948162365_n.jpg?oh=a37a31f1b8750f5165ed4c62fe46b9b2&oe=56CEEEC8

Frost Polygons.

 

[trysail]

Dayum.


For a minute there, I thought it was the world's biggest waffle.
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https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12118963_10153745219084225_5648500041948162365_n.jpg?oh=a37a31f1b8750f5165ed4c62fe46b9b2&oe=56CEEEC8

Frost Polygons.

 

[thør]

A local entertainer wrote:

"we've updated our website for the first time since Ronald Reagan was President!
It's All New, but not necessarily improved."

 

[thør]

Dayum.


For a minute there, I thought it was the world's biggest waffle.
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Lotsa ice in that dirt.

 

[thør]

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/12038458_10207372373049426_3975737462154711548_n.jpg?oh=7372b2201a23814062681d96494b79ea&oe=569E86A2

 

[trysail]

Lotsa ice in that dirt.

"Frost polygons"
I had to look that one up in the Wiki.



https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alaska_patterned_ground_1973.jpg/220px-Alaska_patterned_ground_1973.jpg

Patterned ground is the distinct, and often symmetrical geometric shapes formed by ground material in periglacial regions. Typically found in remote regions of the Arctic, Antarctica, and the Australian outback, but also found anywhere that freezing and thawing of soil alternate; patterned ground has also been observed on Mars.[1] The geometric shapes and patterns associated with patterned ground are often mistaken as artistic human creations. The nature of patterned ground had long puzzled scientists but the introduction of computer-generated geological models in the past 20 years has allowed scientists to relate the formation of these features to phenomena associated with frost heaving, which refers to expansion that occurs when wet, fine-grained, and porous soils freeze.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterned_ground#Polygons

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[thør]

"Frost polygons"
I had to look that one up in the Wiki.



https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alaska_patterned_ground_1973.jpg/220px-Alaska_patterned_ground_1973.jpg

Patterned ground is the distinct, and often symmetrical geometric shapes formed by ground material in periglacial regions. Typically found in remote regions of the Arctic, Antarctica, and the Australian outback, but also found anywhere that freezing and thawing of soil alternate; patterned ground has also been observed on Mars.[1] The geometric shapes and patterns associated with patterned ground are often mistaken as artistic human creations. The nature of patterned ground had long puzzled scientists but the introduction of computer-generated geological models in the past 20 years has allowed scientists to relate the formation of these features to phenomena associated with frost heaving, which refers to expansion that occurs when wet, fine-grained, and porous soils freeze.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterned_ground#Polygons

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"Frost" is a catchall, those are actually ice-wedge polygons in the photo.

 

[mijayoo]

This thread is hilarious!!!!

 

[thør]

And now, it's pointed in the right direction!

 

[thør]

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/12107128_953245248066657_5326694033354528733_n.jpg?oh=0764e02667dacaf4b31a138a391d395e&oe=56993EAE