Photography-Life in Alaska-Random Thoughts
Photography highlighting Alaska, the most beautiful place on earth.
Evidently, I missed the stronger part of this mornings show. One of my Aurora Alert apps went off at 1am, but by the time I got outside to shoot, this is as strong of a display as I got. Stayed out until 2:30am, but this bit only lasted about 5 minutes.
Every morning. These Magpie's are so much fun to watch.
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A Magpie enjoying the show this afternoon from Bear Valley.
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Another night of auroral magic. This time she teased us again early, then the first bright display of the night happened around 10:25 pm, followed by another really strong show at 11:40 pm--this one special with bright pink bands. The final display of the night was around 12:40 am this morning (Friday). An interesting night as none of these lasted very long at all--5 to 10 minutes at the most and then she'd quiet down quickly, leaving just a faint trace of aurora in the sky until suddenly she'd explode again. Fun night.
Another show early this morning around 12:30 am. We actually saw Aurora in Anchorage as early as 7:45 pm, which is crazy early for us. The intense action after midnight lasted only a couple of minutes, and then she settled down. There were very strong aurora last night visible all the way down into Wisconsin, and Canada got a great show, but she must have been tired when she finally got to Alaska because this was as strong as it got before I gave up at 2 am. Always a treat.
