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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 4d

Did you see the termination dust on the mountains this morning? ❄️
It’s an Alaskan phrase for the first snow that signals the end of summer — like “the first frost of fall.”
#EagleRiver #Alaska #TerminationDust

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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 4d

Excited to see it, my friend Georgie from Fort Yukon has been showing off pictures of the beautiful skin-sewing she did for the costumes!

Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · 5d

If there was ever a time that we need Indigenous stories told in our own language & imbued with our values - that time is NOW. It is with great honor & humility that we will premiere our short #TwoOldWomen film at #HIFF45 w/ our Kanaka relatives. 🙏🏽 Mahsi’choo to author #VelmaWallis for her support!

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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 6d

Lingít songs at pick up today ♥️

I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday.

Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 6d

A surprise visitor in our neighborhood today 🫎
He’s a “juvenile buck,” maybe around 2 years old — calm yet so powerful.
Learning new things about Alaska wildlife every day!
#AlaskaMoments #EagleRiver #MooseSighting

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 8d

Morning primitive walk in Chugach State Park, with a trail leading into the Greenbelt. The glacier-fed water shines bright blue. 💙 #ChugachStatePark #EagleRiver #AlaskaLife #MorningWalk #NatureLovers #GlacierWater #TrailLife #ExploreAlaska #BlueWater

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 19d

Yes! It was such an amazing phenomenon—I recorded it on my cellphone. Hope you enjoy it!💚🌌

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 19d

A faint crackle—no wind, no rain, not the trees. Locals nodded, “yep, that’s the aurora.”
Still debated by science, but I believe it now.
🎥 youtu.be/tnATQJJIsK4

There’s Something Weird Going On With the Northern Lights

YouTube video by PBS Terra

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 19d

A faint crackle—no wind, no rain, not the trees. Locals nodded, “yep, that’s the aurora.”
Still debated by science, but I believe it now.
🎥 youtu.be/tnATQJJIsK4

There’s Something Weird Going On With the Northern Lights

YouTube video by PBS Terra

youtu.be

Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 20d

Aurora in Alaska tonight 🌌💚
Not only breathtakingly beautiful to watch, but I even heard the mysterious crackling sound of the northern lights. ✨
It felt like the sky was alive!

#Aurora #Alaska #NorthernLights #オーロラ

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 20d

Detectives report: Skeletal remains uncovered in a suburban Halloween yard… 🎃💀🕵️‍♂️ Trick or Treat or True Crime? #SpookyCrimeScene #HalloweenDecor #CSIStyle

Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 24d

Driving home,
I caught a glimpse of Alaska’s brief yet beautiful autumn sky.
The mountains glowed golden in the sunset—
it felt like something straight out of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ✨🍂

#Alaska #AutumnSky #Sunset #Nausicaa

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · 29d

A furniture store with taxidermy, a giant chair, and even a mysterious fishing 🎣 corner—this Alaska sale had it all! #Alaska #FurnitureSale #GiantChair #Taxidermy #FishingDecor

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Sep 13

Early morning walk in the fog and came across a moose family right in our neighborhood🫎
Alaska really does feel like the Twilight Zone sometimes.
#AlaskaLife #MorningFog #MooseMomAndCalves #WildlifeInTown #OnlyInAlaska #TwilightZoneVibes

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Sep 10

So glad my pics brought back good memories 💖 I’m new in Alaska 🌲❄️ and haven’t tried salmon candy from Homer yet—but now I really want to! 🐟✨

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Sep 10

Even though summer has ended, tasting this homemade Alaska smoked salmon brought back the rich, delicious feeling of an Alaskan summer 🌲🐟☀️ Thank you Jessica! 💕 #AlaskaLife #SmokedSalmon #AlaskaSummer

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Lee Petersen @leepetersen.bsky.social · Sep 7

We just got back from another couple of days in Denali National Park. Moose were everywhere. We saw so many bulls that I actually lost count! Now I’ve got a few hundred more photos to sort through this week.

#alaska #wildlife #denali #moose

Close-up of a bull moose partially framed by a spruce branch in the foreground. The moose’s large, wide antlers stretch outward, one catching the light so it glows pale against the background. Its dark eye looks forward, and the thick muzzle fills the lower half of the frame. Behind the moose, autumn foliage glows in warm shades of yellow and orange, creating contrast with the moose’s brown fur.

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thrilled to add this stunning handcrafted casserole dish by Peter M. Brondz (Brondz Studio, Alaska) to my kitchen. Functional art that brings warmth to everyday life.✨ #BrondzStudio #AlaskaPottery #HandmadeCeramics #LocalArt

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Sep 7

Beluga Point, a rocky outpost on Turnagain Arm, just south of Anchorage along the Seward Highway 🍂🌊
Autumn is arriving—windy skies, shifting light, and even a rainbow bridging the water remind us that beauty shines through the gray 🌈✨
#Alaska #TurnagainArm #BelugaPoint #Alaskasky #NatureInspires

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Sep 7

My sister 🇯🇵 hosted a beautiful Sanju (傘寿, 80th birthday) celebration for our mother. Seeing her enjoy the delicious dishes and looking so healthy fills me with joy. I wish I could have joined the celebration ☺️🍶🎉 Wishing her many more years of happiness and good health.
#Sanju #傘寿 #FamilyCelebration

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · Sep 4

Shimmering auroras over my driveway in North Pole, Alaska.
September 2024

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · Sep 2

Amount of darkness gained during the month of September in Alaska. @alaskawx.bsky.social

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Sep 2

Alaska once had 3+ time zones 🕰️ Unified in 1983, now only 2: Alaska (UTC-9) & Hawaii–Aleutian (UTC-10). The state spans 4,800 km — as wide as the Lower 48! 🌍✨
#Alaska #TimeZone #History

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Aug 27

Glad my neighbor caught it—just three pixels, but I’m grateful! 🐻

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Aug 26

Got this photo from a neighbor (sorry for the low quality), but a massive brown bear showed up at our local park in Eagle River Nature Center 🐻 It’s #salmonrunseason, so please be extra careful when hiking!🥾
#Alaska #AlaskaLife #BrownBear #WildlifeEncounter #HikingSafety

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Alaska Sketches 🫎🏞️ @akikoak.bsky.social · Aug 26

Feeling the end of summer in Alaska 🌿 There are no cherry blossoms here, but the sweet fragrance of #Sitkaroses drifts through the air, reminding us of early summer 🌸 Their gentle scent, along with lilacs, lupines, and fireweed, colors the short season and whispers the change of time.
#AlaskaLife

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