New Brunswick Exploration

Exploring the Vale - New Brunswick 2011
Corey Lablans Photography

Exploring New Brunswick coastline such as Alma, is one of the many annual things I do when I visit, I enjoy exploring the "mountains" around Pleasant Vale. Every year I trek my way up a "mountain" following a brook, always looking to come across new unique plants or critters. After doing this for several years, you would think it would get boring but life changes from year to year. Here are a few photos from my trek along the brook and up the "mountain" in August 2011.













I "mountain" because it isn't that large - it is pretty small.

Loosing the Night Sky

Milky Way of New Brunswick - Pleasant Vale
Corey Lablans Photography

Recently Earth's estimated population reached seven billion. Villages, towns and cities have grown immensely and one of the resulting degradations is light pollution. Once pristine skies used for navigation by such explorers as Ernest Shackleton have been dimmed by societies inabilities to get along and need for light.
There are still a few places on Earth where one can experience the majestic views of the Milky Way. Every summer I visit the vale in New Brunswick where the night sky is quite impressive, although this past summer while photographing I noticed the influence of Moncton's light pollution. Would love to go to the North or South Pole to see some of the most pristine sky.

(Ernest Shackleton is not the best example of an explorer for representing North America - but he relied heavily on star navigation in the South Pole when trying to reach South Georgia Island a whaling station 800 miles away from Elephant Island, where him and his crew where stranded in 1916. Would imagine the stars are still pretty amazing there!!)

Alma, New Brunswick 2011

Alma, New Brunswick Low Tide 2011
Corey Lablans Photography

Every summer I travel to New Brunswick and one of my favourite locations to visit is Alma. It is a pretty touristy place, with the typical fishing vessels docked so that people can see the effects of the World's largest tides, ranging from 47.5 feet to 53.3 feet.
I don't think I have ever seen Alma at high tide. Every time I visit it is always at low tide, thoroughly enjoy walking out amongst the mud flats. It is funny how many times I have visited Alma. The first time was not to walk out on the mud flats but instead to pick up lobsters for a dinner.

Queen's Invitational Two

Queen's Invitational: Various Universities
Corey Lablans: Yearbook and Design Services





Queen's Invitational Figure Skating at the Cataraqui Community Centre on Friday, November 25th.

Queen's Invitational One

Queen's Invitational: Various Universities
Corey Lablans: Yearbook and Design Services

Here are some photos of various Universities competing at the Queen's Invitational Figure Skating at the Cataraqui Community Centre on Friday, November 25th.

Queen's 2011 Polar Bear Dip

Taking the November Plunge
Corey Lablans Photography

On November 24th, several Queen's students took the plunge into
the freezing cold water of Lake Ontario for the annual Polar Bear Dip.

The Bolivian Rainforest

2009 Bolivia Rainforest: Coroico
Corey Lablans Photography

In August 2009, Carlea and I traveled to Bolivia. I will say this trip came out of the blue and ended up being one to remember for a lifetime. Honestly I really did not know where Bolivia was located before this adventure.
Carlea, had spent three months in Bolivia (think two years past) and she wanted to visit a friend. Asking me to come along, cause of my adventurous personality, she knew I would say yes. Essentially if I was able to get the money together, I would go. After being asked to go, the first thing I did was search on GOOGLE, where Bolivia was.
Bolivia was an amazing country to visit, we explored the highest capitol on the world, La Paz at an altitude of almost 13,000 feet. Then we visit the highest navigable lake, Lake Titicaca and biked down one of the world's most dangerous roads nicknamed "The Road of Death" to Coroico, at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet. These photos are some of the only digital photos I took on the trip and they are of Coroico.

2011 First Snow

Queen's Campus Gets Taste of Snow
Corey Lablans Photography




















Queen's University students woke up to a surprise on the morning of November 23rd, as the first snowfall of the season blanketed campus. Freezing rain started around 8pm the night before and at some point in the early morning shifted to snow fall.




















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