Northern Lights
Hunting for northern light, looking for breaks in the clouds. This image is the result of the thick clouds covering what would have been a spectacular aurora show. Added bonus was the windless reflection.
Last night I drove over two hours to Talkeetna, AK. The lights weren't as good as the night before. Which made the over two hour drive back home seem even worse than it already was.
Amazing spectacular sky over Sutton, AK
Captured the Auroras last night at Eklutna Tailrace. The conditions at Tailrace weren't idea because of the wood stove smoke that was hanging around. I was still able to get a few shots once the wind picked up and blew the smoke away briefly.
The northern lights are a pretty amazing sight to see in person. To the naked eye they aren't as brillant due to humans poor night vision, they are still quite the sight to see. On this particular night, at a KP 6, they were bright enough that I didn't need a flashlight to see in the dark.
A beautiful night of firey auroras in south central Alaska. To get to this spot I had to walk through a pretty dark forest. This time of the year the danger of running into a bear is still pretty high. The reward of being down on the beach to see this was well worth the scary walk through the woods.
Northen light display on the morning of April 20th. This was captured near the Ted Stevens Internatinal Airport located in West Anchorage.
Another shot of Bird Creek from last nights auroras.
The soft yellow glow looks like it is a warm comfortable place to gaze at the heavens above
A beautiful set of Aurora curtains huidden behind the persistent clouds over the Knik river in Matsu, Alaska
Finally got a chance to get out and capture a shot of the northern lights. Unfortunately the clouds didn't want to cooperate.
So much light in the darkness of night. The brillant glow of the auroras and the soft light coming from the milky way light the night sky over Talkeetna and Denali mountain.
One of my daughter's favorite lines from her favorite movie Frozen. "The sky's awake, so I'm awake". I think that line applies to the sky near Sutton on Thursday night.
The milky way and the auroras crossing paths along Eklutna Tailrace. I was lucky enough to arrive at this spot just as the milky way lined up with the city lights of Palmer.
Beach Bonfire 2
The small forest of Bird Point has been set ablaze with the neon fire of the auroras.
In this image I am facing towards the south. Usually the auroras are only visible to the north of Anchorage.
A low to mid level KP was predicted for last night in South central Alaska. Luckily it ended up being more torwads the mid level forecast. This was taken along the banks of Bird creek as the tide was coming in from the Turnagain Arm.
The Aurora filled the sky in a shroud of green. Occasionally the large green slow moving gaseous mass would take shape and form quick burst of swishing lines.
The auroras reach to infinity and beyond. The clouds made an attempt at covering up this amazing display of northern lights. Fortunately they really decided to put on a show well above the clouds
No wind and large bodies of water make great reflections at the swimming hole on Knik river.
This shot was the end to my night on 2/27-2/28. It was around 2:20am and the Northern lights were not showing any signs of going away. As I was getting ready to get in my truck I took this one last shot to capture the signage and northern lights. The light haze to the left of the image is a combination of Plamer/Wasilla/ Anchorage, Eagle river lights polluting the night sky.
This is a 2 picture panoramic version of my last post. I am posting this one to show the scale of what I was lucky enough to see in person. The soft white glow on the left of the horizon is the city of Palmer. To the right of it is Butte mountain. I believe that the mountains along the right side of the horizon is Matanuska Peak. What looks like a field of white snow below the horizon is a frozen Knik river.
A last little bit of color at the end of the aurora show on Friday night. This shot was taken along the Knik River on January 4, 2019
The auroras lights the beach with its ghostly glow .
Taken on the night of 9/10/2018. This was just before the Aurora storm storm really took off. The tide was just starting to go out and the wind speed was around 5mph. This made the perfect condition for a great reflection.
The title says it all. I captured a corona that formed a V.
For more info on STEVE see this link- https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/mystery-of-purple-lights-in-sky-solved-with-help-from-citizen-scientists
The flashing safety light at Bird creek is no competion for the northern lights. At first I was annoyed that the light was there flashing, getting in the way of my northern lights shot.g
The northern lights looks like a dragon hovering over the landscape
The clouds slowly crept across the sky. We were fortunate to see some of the spectacular show before the clouds completely covered the sky.
This image was shot from the banks of Granite Creek, AK. It is a beautiful location that is just past Sutton, AK
The view of Knik River from Old Glenn Highway
Last shot of the night on 1/4/2019 at the Swimming Hole, AK
Norhtern lights as seen from the rocks of Bird Point, AK
STEVE made a surprise visit along side the Aurora. Making it very hard to decide on what I should shoot first. STEVE will usually hang around for about 30 minutes to an hour.
Camping in style under the colors of the northern lights and the stars. The campered truck belongs to Todd Salat. I had the oppritunity to shoot along side Todd Salat on my last aurora photo trip of the season.
The beginning of a pretty decent northern lights display along the Knik river.
Taken at Bird creek bridge. Located along the Seward highway south of Anchorage, AK
Our aurora show was brief, but what we had was brillant. Then the clouds moved in.
This image was shot from the banks of Granite Creek, AK. It is a beautiful location that is just past Sutton, AK
The entrance road to Eklutna Tailrace had a beautiful backdrop of northern lights and milky way.
Ribbon of color streaks across the sky. Spectacular night of aurora watching on the morning of 9/11
The end to a spectacular beginning of the aurora season. This was shot around 4am, but the aurora lasted for another hour or so. Unfortunately I was too tired and needed to go to bed.
I'm patiently waiting for the storm to get started. It didn't disappoint a few minutes later the static green begin to shift and dance across the sky.
The Milky way and northern lights shinning bright over the historical Independence mine located in Hatchers Pass.
swimming hole 2