I'm not normally this blunt but wow it was pretty easy to pick a shot for this week. Went 30 minutes north of Edmonton until we escaped the city light pollution. Unfortunately it was also one day before a full Moon so it was pretty bright once your eyes adjusted.
A lifelong wish come true. 59 seconds at ISO 640, 18mm, f7.1. I've often remarked that I have three favourite things: Northern Lights, Airplanes, but I forget the third... I think it is Volcanoes. I have this website bookmarked for when is best to go see the Aurora Borealis. They also have an automatic email service when it's above 50% chance of seeing the dancing light, so expect to see many more shots in the future. It was so surreal waiting for the Aurora Borealis to appear. It was only a 40% forecast strength this night but was enough to be amazed. At first we didn't see anything appearing, but out above the trees we saw what looked at first like rapidly moving clouds appearing from nowhere but we quickly realized what we were seeing. They were not as green to the naked eye but when doing a long exposure the green colour was captured vividly. I can't wait to see what a higher strength night will look like.
Here's what I had to choose from this week:
p.s. I tried posting before Midnight but with the Time Zone change I just missed the cutoff :)
Amazing! Exceptional capture!
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