I Heart The Mudflats

I haven’t been sleeping much lately. After eight years of living in the same house, it was time to move. The process of buying a new house and the subsequent move was causing me a lot of stress, and my body just couldn’t rest. I had insomnia for about two weeks, right when Alaska goes through its longest days of the year.

One morning I just couldn’t sleep and decided to snap a picture of my backyard to show just how light it is up here in Anchorage in the summer. This picture was taken at 3:47 am on June 14th, one week before summer solstice. This is as dark as it gets.

If all goes according to plan, Space Shuttle Endeavour will take off tomorrow morning at 7:17am EDT.

The above image is from the NASA STS-127 image gallery.

You can tune in for the launch on NASA TV – you can find more information on this mission at the NASA website.