Northern Lights
Northern lights. Nature's night light. This was taken at Summit Lake in Hatchers pass. The street lights to the right of the picture are from Independece mine.
A beautiful set of Aurora curtains huidden behind the persistent clouds over the Knik river in Matsu, Alaska
The Milky way and northern lights shinning bright over the historical Independence mine located in Hatchers Pass.
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 title says it all. I captured a corona that formed a V.
The small forest of Bird Point has been set ablaze with the neon fire of the auroras.
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.
Last shot of the night on 1/4/2019 at the Swimming Hole, 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 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.
I stopped at the little susitna river crossing in Hatchers Pass to take some night shots of the river with the northern lights dancing over head. There were already a couple of people there doing the same. The guy that was standing next to me was doing steel wool light trails. I'm not sure who he was or I would give him credit. It made for a very interesting picture. Thank you stranger.
swimming hole 2
The soft yellow glow looks like it is a warm comfortable place to gaze at the heavens above
Another shot of Bird Creek from last nights auroras.
In this image I am facing towards the south. Usually the auroras are only visible to the north of Anchorage.
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.
My trip down the Denali Highway during Autumn caribou hunting season. While hunters were looking for caribou, I was shooting the Auroras.
This image was shot from the banks of Granite Creek, AK. It is a beautiful location that is just past Sutton, AK
Amazing spectacular sky over Sutton, AK
The northern lights captured over Girdwood on October 23, 2016. I thought that this night wouldn't produce much in the way of northern lights. As you can see I was very wrong. Luckily I was in the right place. At the right time. With the right equipment.
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.
Looking down on Hatchers pass as the glow of the Northern lights dances over head. The lights to the right of the image are Independence mine historical park. Refer back to my previous post from last week for a close up of that area
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.
Beach Bonfire 2
Norhtern lights as seen from the rocks of Bird Point, AK
My trip down the Denali Highway during Autumn caribou hunting season. While hunters were looking for caribou, I was shooting the Auroras.
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.
The entrance road to Eklutna Tailrace had a beautiful backdrop of northern lights and milky way.
The northern lights looks like a dragon hovering over the landscape
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 beginning of a pretty decent northern lights display along the Knik river.
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.
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.
The auroras lights the beach with its ghostly glow .
The point where all the lights come together. The lights of Anchorage to the left blends in with the auroras as the milky way pours into the mix.
My trip down the Denali Highway during Autumn caribou hunting season. While hunters were looking for caribou, I was shooting the Auroras.
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 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
Taken at Bird creek bridge. Located along the Seward highway south of Anchorage, AK
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.
Northen light display on the morning of April 20th. This was captured near the Ted Stevens Internatinal Airport located in West Anchorage.
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.
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.
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
I found one of my first northern lights panoramas from 3 years ago last November.This was the beginning of my night photography obssesion. Back then I didn't know about Aurora forecasting. I didn't know what my camera setting should be. Honestly I didn't know which direction the auroras would even come from. I also had know idea how to proccess the northern lights in Lightroom/ Photoshop. Three years later through a lot of trial and error I have figured out most of what I didn't know. I know that I still have a lot to learn
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.