A møøse once bit my sister...

We've seen our fair share of moose since we moved to Anchorage. (No bears, though.) We usually see them when we're driving, which can be a bit scary, since a number of people die every year from hitting moose on the road. I think I've seen at least 2 each on Tudor near Elmore, on Baxter near Tudor, and on Northern Lights near Goose Lake. But one morning in late February, I got to see one while I was on foot. I was standing at my bus stop (at De Barr and Edward), listening to my iPod for a good minute or two, until I realized that there was a moose directly across the road from me!  Fortunately, I've been carrying our old camera around to work with me, just in case something particularly "Alaskan" happens.   I didn't point the moose out to the other folks at the bus stop, as far as I know they never noticed. The sky also happened to be quite beautiful. It was pink well away from the direction the Sun would be rising.



A moose's silhouette in the dark.




Experimenting with longer exposure times.



Looking south-southwest.



Looking southwest.



Looking nearly west.  The Sun will be rising over in the east!



Looking nearly east.








A clearer shot (it's getting brighter out).