Bore Tide II

Alaska Aurora Photography

In the pre-dawn hours, as the full moon descends beyond the Kenai Mountains, vibrant auroral sheets sweep the star-filled heavens above Turnagain Arm — one of the world's most extreme tidal waterways. The simultaneous drama of moon, aurora and surging tidal waters creates a scene of layered, overwhelming natural power.

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“Bore Tide Aurora II”

“…In the early pre-dawn hours, as the full moon descended in the southwest beyond the Kenai Mountains, vibrant colorful auroral sheets swept the star-filled heavens over Alaska. In the perpetual tug-of-war between the moon and the oceans of Earth, the vast Turnagain Arm in the foreground flushes twice a day with the turbid heavily glacial silted sea water of northern Cook Inlet , which itself experiences the second highest tides in the world. Hours before this scene came together the tide receded like a running river. At this moment the roar of grinding ice and powerful waves could be heard off in the distance, becoming very loud. In seconds a massive tidal bore pushed across the vista filling the tributary instantly. There are times when many extraordinary and magnificent events of the natural world come together briefly…”

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