Just before the clouds moved the auroras gave us one last burst over the mountains. The ring slowly moved across the sky, from left to right. I wanted the center part of the ring to be above the mountain, but this was the best I could get.
The city lights of Anchorage are glowing brightly behind a patch of cattails. While the auroras dance overhead. I focused my camera on the cattails and the long shadows created by the moon off to my left. Intentionally putting the background slightly out of focus.
When the aurora has to compete with a nearly full moon, the aurora usually suffers by way of color fade. Even though this was a very strong aurora it could not match the moon's intensity. I call this Moon Fade.
