Northern Lights
The beginning of the solar storm on the night of April 24th. This was shot at Eklutna Tailrace, AK.
Took this shot on 3/3/2023. It is an image of a frozen Kashwitna Lake during a full moon. If you look closely, you can see Denali. It's along the horizon, directly under the brightest part of the aurora
A little light show over the Chugach Mountain range. This was taken on March 23, 2023 at Portage, AK
Some more photos from the night of March 23, 2023.
A semi truck passes as we are admiring the the dancing aurora. Taken along Parks Highway, Alaska
A little something that I have been working on. This is a composite of two of my favorite photoshoots. The epic aurora night of November 2021 and my first time ever going out to Knik Glacier. The Kp7-8 was an all night aurora storm that happened on the night of November 3rd of 2021. My trip out to Knik Glacier was courtesy of a friend named Travis. We spent a very cold January night shooting the glacier under a full moon. We got a little creative, using the ATV headlights to light up icebergs from behind.
Perfect reflection in the water of Eklutna Tailrace, AK. This was shot on the night of April 24th
Have I mentioned that I really like snowdrifts. Just like the auroras now two snowdrifts are the same. The patterns that the wind creates is artistic. Combine that with the moonlight and you can find some really interesting compositions.
Looking up into the sky we were surrounded by aurora activity
I met a long time Faebook friend on this night. We talked a little not realilzing that we actrually knew about each other from social media. Rob it was a pleasure meeting you. This was taken on the morning of March 24th, 2023 near Portage, Alaska
night of 2-26-2023
A cool aurora pattern filled the sky. I actually have never seen a pattern lioke this. This was taken in Turnagain Pass on 2-20-2023
Big Dipper over a valley in Hatcher Pass
This photo was shot a little differently. Instead of using the wider angle 14-24mm Nikon lens, I used my more narrow 70-200mm Nikon telephoto lens. I up to now have never tried using a long range lens for northern lights for many reasons. One of those reasons being that is has a reduce viewing angle. In other words I would be able to photograph a lot less of the sky.
The snow drifts near Cantwell, Alaska look like mountains. I didn't go all the way in, but I would estimate that these snow drifts are around 20 to 30 feet tall.
A clolor not often seen, purple was a real surprise early that night. Taken on 3/23/2023 near Portage, AK
Colors
So far this year the weather has not been very aurora friendly for Southcentral Alaska. The cloudy weather makes it very hard to see what NOAA aurora forecast say is up there in the sky.
Blue and green corona
I felt that including the stop sign in my last shot of the auroras, as they were starting to die down, was perfect. Even though the moon really washed out the aurora's intenstity, I was still able to make lemonade with lemons
The sweeping strokes of a large paintbrush in the sky. The masterful painting technique of nature decorates the sky.
This was taken on the morning of March 24th, 2023. This was shot near Portage Lake, Alaska.
Multi-colored auroras over Kings River, Alaska
This is also at Kashwitna lake on 3/3/2023. This is looking NNE. The orange glow is the lightpollution of Wasilla, Alaska
Snowdrift and the auroras Taken near Cantwell, AK on the night of 4/6/2023. Making the most of a full moon. Even though it washed out the auroras making them very hard to see at times. I used the bright night light in the sky to find interesting snowdrifts for my foreground.
Reflection of a great night of auroras on March 23, 2023. Near Portage, AK
Last night's aurora show. Taken near Sutton, Alaska. 02-15-2023