A terrific project from Calypso Farm in Ester, near Fairbanks, and a model for communities elsewhere, it’s The Tour de Plants, this Saturday, July 27. The notion is to ride a bike, or sponsor a rider to move from one school garden to another, promoting school gardening, local eating, hands on growing, and more. It’s a fundraiser for the Schoolyard Garden Initiative. The fellow with the major bowl of veggies is part of Chinook Charter School’s first ever schoolyard garden.
Spent the last week flying drones up in Fairbanks, Alaska and the surrounding area. It was definitely the most challenging and educational drone experience I have had to date. Managing 48+ batteries for an M600 Heavy Lift and working in -5°F to -25 °F (Without the windchill we had some days) was an exciting and pushing the limits type shoot. Huge props to @joshua_hak for being my wingman/pilot and being a champ through all the ups and downs as well as handling the cold weather temps!
Couldn’t have asked for a better crew either. @curtismorgan @charlysavely @joshsavely @ryanespi @samgoingwest @jenleahy @arcticdogco @matanuskaglacier @dronedudes @pegaair @pegacreative and more!
Posted here are just a few selects I got using the #nightmode portrait on the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Definitely continues to inpress me . Thanks Sam for snapping the one of me.
Special thanks to Ryan Marlow and @indemnis_ for the local support.
Ancient microbes, unusual ice structures, mammoth bones - there’s a lot happening below the surface in the Fairbanks Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility. The underground laboratory, operated by the Army Corps of Engineers, is kept at a constant 27 degrees Fahrenheit. Environmental science researcher Dr. Andrew Balser leads a tour of the facility and discusses the research taking place there.
Got to see this from outside the tunnel, but I sadly did not get to go inside. It’s the stuff of legends!
