“Tree of Tranquility”
© 2005
“…After several weeks of sub-zero temperatures and dense ice fog, thick sparkling hoarfrost had slowly built across every surface. The intense, bitter cold of Alaska’s mid-winter now held everything in its grip. A low moon blankets the land with its delicate radiance, while dancing amid the ice crystals and throwing about light & shadows. In the east, intensifying briefly, a magnificent winged aurora soars through the starfields, adding its power & beauty to the rare scene…”