The Vacation Files - Big Potato

We were on holidays in May and spent our time touring around New Brunswick.  Michele had never had her photo taken with the big potato outside of Fredericton.  As you can see below we had a successful Mission.

 

This is actually a combination of two photos.  If you look close you will see a couple of artifacts from the combination.  We were the only ones there so could only take one photo at a time.  Getting better at the Photoshop tricks. 

 

My Morning Commute - Summer Edtion



A video of my morning commute in the summer.  I tried to keep close to the same route as taken with the snowmobile.  It takes a minute longer on the ATV.

 

I was trying to take more video this evening but had the settings for photo instead of video.  After supper will go out and try again.  Good excuse to tear up the roads again.  Yaaaaa.

Still here.

Still here.  Miss me Yet?   :oP

Plan to have some more videos up over the next couple of weeks.

Blizzard and Optics

We have a blizzard that will be starting overnight.  The wind has already started to throw up some snow and ice crystals making for some nice atmospheric optics around the sun. 

 

Seen below is a 22deg Halo, faint 135deg Halo, Parhelions (sun dog),  Upper Tangent Arc and a Circumzenithal arc 

Kitchen Renovations

The family have been working hard to build and install some custom cabinets in the kitchen.  We still need to install the hardware (pulls, spice rack, etc.) and install the ceramic tile on the wall and hook up the dishwasher.  It will be a couple of weeks before we are done because the hardware is coming in the mail.  So we are about 98% done.  It's been fun going from just sheets of plywood and melamine to what we have now.

 

Our special helper likes the new cabinets.

 

Before and after photos soon!

Broken Smoke Detector

Michele and I noticed the smoke detector in the hallway had a broken case.  Upon closer inspection it is not working.  We must have hit it during our renovations.

 

Looks like a normal direct wired smoke detector.

 

When we looked closer....

 

Damn!



My Morning Commute

So I got one of those GoPro cameras and the first thing recorded is my morning commute.  There are three ways to get to work.  One is walk, two is to use an ATV and three is to use a snowmobile.  Snowmobiling is the funnest way in my opinion.  Have a look at the video or if you like hit this link to go directly to the video on YouTube.

Of course there is a fourth way but I hate having to beg for a ride.  :oP

Iceberg - Last one

The Inlet is freezing here and people are already starting to walk on it.  Today some crazy person was flying across it on a snowmobile.  Crazy!

 

I realized tonight that I never put the last photos of icebergs on the blog.  The best for last.

 

The sun made a brief appearance at the end of the day for this the largest iceberg of the day.

 

Same berg from a different angle.

 

For scale.  That is a boat in front of the iceberg.

 

Sun Transit time

One of the things about living in the northern reaches of Canada is the satellite signals get interrupted when the satellites align with the sun.  Happens a couple of times a year.  See below for when and the lengths of disturbance.

 

Sun Transits for Fall 2012 for Qikiqtaaluk, Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions:

Iqaluit, Nunavut

Sun Transit Predictions

Fall 2012

Predicted Degradation

Outage Date	Start GMT (hh:mm:ss)	End GMT (hh:mm:ss)	Duration (Minutes)	Max C/N degrad. (dB)
OCT. 8	19:19:49	19:25:25	5.6	1.7
OCT. 9	19:16:57	19:27:45	10.8	3.02
OCT. 10	19:15:29	19:28:41	13.2	8.3
OCT. 11	19:14:26	19:29:14	14.8	13.43
OCT. 12	19:13:47	19:29:23	15.6	16.53
OCT. 13	19:13:21	19:29:21	16	17.36
OCT. 14	19:13:19	19:28:55	15.6	15.91
OCT. 15	19:13:42	19:28:06	14.4	12.28
OCT. 16	19:14:18	19:27:06	12.8	6.94
OCT. 17	19:15:30	19:25:30	10	2.47
OCT. 18	19:18:18	19:22:18	4	1.6

Rankin Inlet, Nunavut

Sun Transit Predictions

Fall 2012

Predicted Degradation

Outage Date	Start GMT (hh:mm:ss)	End GMT (hh:mm:ss)	Duration (Minutes)	Max C/N degrad. (dB)
OCT. 8	19:15:39	19:18:51	3.2	1.56
OCT. 9	19:11:59	19:21:59	10	2.43
OCT. 10	19:10:19	19:23:07	12.8	7.07
OCT. 11	19:09:04	19:23:52	14.8	12.49
OCT. 12	19:08:25	19:24:01	15.6	16.06
OCT. 13	19:07:59	19:23:59	16	17.38
OCT. 14	19:07:57	19:23:33	15.6	16.41
OCT. 15	19:08:08	19:22:56	14.8	13.23
OCT. 16	19:08:44	19:21:56	13.2	8.18
OCT. 17	19:09:44	19:20:32	10.8	3.07
OCT. 18	19:11:56	19:17:56	6	1.73

Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

Sun Transit Predictions

Fall 2012

Predicted Degradation

Outage Date	Start GMT (hh:mm:ss)	End GMT (hh:mm:ss)	Duration (Minutes)	Max C/N degrad. (dB)
OCT. 9	19:10:02	19:15:38	5.6	1.7
OCT. 10	19:07:10	19:17:58	10.8	3
OCT. 11	19:05:43	19:18:55	13.2	8.24
OCT. 12	19:04:40	19:19:28	14.8	13.36
OCT. 13	19:04:02	19:19:38	15.6	16.49
OCT. 14	19:03:36	19:19:36	16	17.37
OCT. 15	19:03:35	19:19:11	15.6	15.99
OCT. 16	19:03:47	19:18:35	14.8	12.45
OCT. 17	19:04:35	19:17:23	12.8	7.19
OCT. 18	19:05:47	19:15:47	10	2.58
OCT. 19	19:08:13	19:13:01	4.8	1.64

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Still More Icebergs

I still have at least one more post with icebergs in it coming.

 

The texture of this one was nice.