Northern Lights
The Glenn Highway is the road to the Auroras. A great night of Aurora hunting.
Full Sky Aurora - Shot on the night of November 3rd-4th. Near Tolsona , Alaska.
The sky was filled with greens, reds, pinks and purples. The lights were so bright. It was so bright that a person could easily read a book without a light. Shortly after this photo was taken a pack of wolves or coyotes started howling nearby! That's when it dawned on me. I'm standing out in the middle of nowhere , in the open, with wild predators nearby. That's when I decided to change locations.
Nice solid aurora band cuts across the skies of Portage, Alaska.
Auroras captured over 20 Mile River, AK on March 20th, 2021
Today is the day that I replace my trusty chariot. This vehicle has been on every Aurora journey with me. From the multiple trips down the Denali Highway to Quick trips down the Seward Highway, This truck has been there from the beginning of my photography journey. While it will still be around, We probably won't be going on anymore Aurora trips together.
This was the big surprise of the night. Where I was at in Tolsona was the perfect spot. The sky suddenly erupted in very fast moving auroras directly overhead. Then suddenly a huge streak of pink and purple racesd across the sky. I was able to get this shot as well as a directly overhead shot of the corona. As soon as the purple raced across the sky it became VERY bright. Almost as if someone turned on a very big lamp with a pink bulb. Everything around me had a pinkish glow to it. Its taken me a a couple of days to figure out how to proccess this image so that it didn't look so oversaturated, unrealistic. I had to desaturate this image down A LOT. I also had to reduce the exposure and highlights down quite a bit as well.
Auroras as I came out of the woods
Auroras as I came out of the woods, during the great show we had on 11/3-4. This was shot along the Glenn Highway in Tolsona, AK.
The auroras have a cool pattern over a frozen lake in Portage, Alaska
Auroras captured over 20 Mile River, AK on March 20th, 2021
The start of the giant storm this past November. Great time.
I was sitting on the side of a small frozen lake in Tolsona, Alaska. The auroras were filling the sky from horizon to horizon. The spruce trees behind me made the perfect foreground element to compliment the auroras.
Normally the human eye can not see the red auroras. Last night was the exception. The red was easily visible to the naked eye. Later in the evening the band formed into a red glob that just hung in the sky, just below the milky way . This was shot on the night of 11/3-4.
Taken at the Portage Train Depot in Portage, Alaska. In the distance you can see the orange glow of Anchorage, Alaska peeking from behind the Chugach mountains.
Start of the night auroras at Eklutna Tailrace, Ak
End of the night in Tolsona, Alaska. Standing in the spruce forest I just barely missed the big corona as it passed overhead.
One of the more interesting formations of the nights of 11/3. I was sitting on the side of a small lake in Tolsona, AK. The lights were starting to become more active after dying down a for a bit. Then suddenly the formation in this image appeared. The first thing I thought was, "That looks just like a broken stained glass window".
I ended up in Tolsona, AK last night.. It was an amazing first time shooting there. The auroras threw everything it had at us last night. I think I saw every type of aurora formation. I also got to see colors that Ihave never seen before. Red being one of those colors.
It was a great night, last March 20th, In Portage, Alaska
Start of the night auroras at Eklutna Tailrace, Ak
Pink, Purple, and Green Corona
This is the overhead shot I managed to capture as the pink, purple, and green corona passed overhead. I only wished that I had more time to shoot this unique color combo before it disappeared. On this image I had to once again had to adjust the Exposure, highlights, and Saturation way down. I also had to do my normal adjustments of Lens correction, white balance, sharpness. Desides those adjustments nothing else was done to this image.
The end of a great night of auroras in the Portage, Alaska area. shot on 3/20/2021
The auroras are erupting from the mountain along 20 Mile River, Portage, Alaska