Beautiful moment:    07-23-08     11:30pm     Homer, Alaska

“What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.” –Joseph Joubert

I’d stepped outside at 11:30pm at night. It just finished raining and I was having a hard time getting used to Alaska’s midnight sun. The sky doesn’t go fully dark until well after midnight. And with all the sunlight and rain, the summertime foliage is absolutely breathtaking. It’s as colorful as Hawaii and touches the spirit in a way my spirit hasn’t been touched since seeing a total eclipse of the sun in 1991.  The moment captured in this photo is a moment that might just stay with me on my deathbed. I felt utterly relaxed with no desire to check my emails, pet my gerbil Giuseppi, or drink another quadrupple espresso. This is as good as it gets.