Chatanika Dredge

[EOSThree]

Looking for gold near Fairbanks, the amount of tailings in this area is very impressive. It's amazing what we'll do for that yellow metal.

[jkriminger]

Its kind of a different composition with the natural landscape and the industrial aspect. But I'm loving the tones and sharpness of your shot. Good work!

[polarbeardiggers]

love your shot, offers great eye pleasure,thanks for sharing that part of the world with us.

[MB1]

I wish the sunset/sunrise colors were stronger in this image but I love the composition and reflections.

Very, very nice.

[EOSThree]

Thanks MB. You, as you well know...or me, can't have everything. I have to stay up very late in Fairbanks to get sunset photos(this is definitely a sunset location)and I have spent many a late evening on the tailing piles getting eaten up by mosquitoes watching the sun go down and seeing the little bit of cloud cover dissipate and have a clear blue alpineglow sky left. I was fortunate on this night to have a few things come together.

One of my big hopes for this site is to have a great Aurora night and paint the dredge with light in the foreground. So far all of the Aurora forecasts have either turned out the be wrong or I just plain didn't stay up late enough.