Uploads from Ray Radlein, with geodata

A-Ha!

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:30:40 -0700

Cosplay Brings A-Ha's Famous Video for "Take On Me" to Life at Dragon*Con 2012

Cultural Exchange

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:58:52 -0700

At the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, dad exchanges stories of Barrow with a native who was born shortly after dad was last stationed there, almost sixty years before.

Endless Summer

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:17:48 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Chillin' on the beach in Barrow, at around 4:00 PM on the Summer Solstice, watching the Arctic Ocean lap gently on the sands, with a whole bunch of hummocked up raft ice just a tantalizing few hundred yards offshore.

Under the Whalebone Arch

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:20:55 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Returning to Barrow, Alaska, after almost sixty years, Robert Radlein stands under a whale rib arch, the Arctic Ocean at his back.

Browers Cafe

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:21:10 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Barrow, Alaska, was practically nonexistent sixty years ago when my father was stationed at Point Barrow; but even then Browers Cafe was ancient. Originally built as a whaling station in the Nineteenth Century, it was a general store during my dad's time there.

These days, it's a very nice restaurant where I had a cheeseburger which was excellent verging on spectacular, and some Chinese dumplings which weren't quite so much.

Out back of the restaurant, on a long beach running down to the Arctic Ocean, are the skeletons of two whaling boats and one (partial) whale.

Company Town

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:57:11 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Prudhoe Bay, home to the glamorous and exotic Prudhoe Bay Hotel, as seen from Deadhorse Airport.

Mountains Come Out of the Sky

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:04:15 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

On the flight from Anchorage up to Barrow, Denali suddenly appeared, towering above the clouds we were flying over. At first, I wasn't completely sure it was Denali; but then, a few minutes later, a break in the clouds revealed that, far, far below the cloud layer were the tops of other mountains.

So yeah; the mountain which was towering as high above the clouds as those clouds were above all those other mountains pretty much had to be Denali.

The Overhang - 747 Pass

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:56:31 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

No, that's certainly not an avalanche waiting to happen.

Guarding the Plane

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:30:20 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Dad waits by the DeHavilland Beaver for us to get back from laying mother's ashes to rest on Ruth Glacier. Being 86 years old and blind, he wisely decided not to hike across a glacier at almost 6000 feet above sea level.

Long Walk Home

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:34:14 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

After the ceremony, Robin and Bob and our pilot walk back across Ruth Glacier to our plane, where Dad waits for us.

Denali

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:54:55 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

The summit of Denali, as seen from Ruth Glacier, nearly six thousand feet above sea level.

Parallel Lines

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:18:27 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

The side of the mountain in 747 Pass is scored with long vertical lines. I don't think they are sedementary layers; I think they were scored into the rock by retreating glaciers (although I suppose they could be cleavage lines in the rocks themselves).

The Icefall

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:17:36 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

A perpetual waterfall of snow and ice off of one of the cliffs near Mt. McKinley helps feed Ruth Glacier in Denali National Park.

Yoda

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:10:41 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Yoda rules the roost from her perch in the lobby of K2 Aviation in Talkeetna, Alaska

I figured I would ease into my Alaska photos with — what else — a cat picture.

Bon Voyage

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:02:11 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Veteran stars Carli Lloyd and Heather Mitts are honored by the Atlanta Beat before their June 11 match, in advance of their departure for Germany to represent the United States in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Chalupa to Go

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:02:33 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Atlanta Beat team Captain Lori Chalupny charges hard down the field in the first half of her team's June 11, 2011 match against the magicJack FC of Women's Professional Soccer.

Denali

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:19:17 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Denali and its surrounding peaks, from high on Ruth Glacier, nearly 6000 feet above sea level.

Sleepy Lion

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:32:18 -0700

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

n.b.: This is not our newest kitten.

The King Would Have Wanted It That Way

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:27:11 -0800

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich-flavored cocoa. Because fried chicken-flavored cocoa would just be weird.

Cross-Promotion

nobody@flickr.com (Ray Radlein) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:22:31 -0800

Ray Radlein posted a photo:

I'm trying, but I just can't grasp the product synergy here.

If you reach inside a patient on the table, you can extract lots of tasty things to eat? Is that really the message we want to be sending to the youth of America?