Photography-Life in Alaska-Random Thoughts
Photography highlighting Alaska, the most beautiful place on earth.
It’s almost the end of the aurora viewing season here in Alaska. It’s just getting too light out for them to be very visible, so when a kp6 aurora storm was predicted for early this morning I was hoping for one last shot at seeing them this season, and they did not disappoint. I missed a bunch of great aurora the past couple of weeks while I was in Seattle, so this was a nice gift. Shot these between 12:30am and 2:30am.
This big ‘ol porky spent the night in a tree next to the house.
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Almost full moon, hoping for aurora.
Last night the sky absolutely exploded in one of the strongest auroral displays we’ve had here in Bear Valley is several years. We knew the aurora forecast was strong and she began to show around 10:30pm—and then it just kept getting better and better, and stronger and stronger. The sky was filled with dancing curtains and bright, undulating rivers of light crossing the sky from horizon to horizon. I shot over 300 pictures from start to finish, and finally gave up around 2:30am. What an incredible night. As usual, far too many pictures. Enjoy!
This was the first time in a couple of years that the aurora has filled the sky from horizon to horizon here in Bear Valley. It wasn’t very strong, except for a brief period of time when she put on a nice show.
