A panorama sweeping over about 180° of an arc of auroral curtains to the south over the old Churchill Rocket Range at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Manitoba. Orion is right of centre. This was March 6, 2016 on a night with a Kp Index of 6 to 7 for auroral activity. This is a stitch of 7 segments, each 3 seconds at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched in Adobe Camera Raw.
A lone observer gazes at an array of colourful curtains of aurora during an active display, March 6, 2016, with curtains in the evening twilight adding blue tints to the sky and tops of the curtains, as well as the greens and reds from oxygen. Curtains toward the horizon are more yellow due to atmospheric extinction. Jupiter is rising at left, then near opposition.
A lone observer gazes skyward at the start of a wonderful aurora display on March 6, 2016, as the curtains begin to appear and dance in the deep blue twilight. This was at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba.
