"So maybe you can tell us +Mark Traphagen  why this post got a full wide screen - some 15 inches across on desktop and the other photo posts were just in one column. People are asking. I surmised it was the Alaskan importance :)"

"This is quite the colorful village +Mark Traphagen - it is good to see the real Alaska life a bit so different for those of us who have not been there. Thank you."

"This is wonderful +Mark Traphagen  Beautiful... Enjoy your adventures... :)"

"+Graeme Caldwell Yes, it is very like Cicely, except with more traffic and all the tourists Maurice had hoped for. "

"The structure is actually a camera obscura (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura).

There is a small hole in the center of the roof, and under the right lighting conditions if you're sitting inside you will see an image of the tree branches and sky overhead projected onto the floor."

"I was thinking the same thing +Martin Harris "