Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) low across the northern horizon with Capella just above the illuminated clouds and circumpolar from my latitude of 50° North. This was June 24/25, 2018, just after midnight, from southern Alberta. This is a single exposure with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D MkII.
A fine display of noctilucent clouds, or NLCs, or polar mesospheric clouds, reflected in a local prairie pond near home in southern Alberta. The display started with wisps much higher in the north but they faded as the Sun dropped lower, with the display at this extent by the time I reached my spot and took this panorama. Leo and Regulus are setting at far left in the west, as is Venus just above the horizon at left. Capella and Auriga are at centre, and circumpolar, while the stars of Perseus at right, rising. This is a panorama of 9 segments, at 15° spacings, with the 35mm lens at f/2.8 for 13 second exposures with the Canon 6D MkII at ISO 400. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw which worked well for this panorama as I shot content at either end to anchor the segments with more foreground content for aiding the stitching. I cropped out the far end content (the roadway) but it served its purpose of helping the stitching. Often with segments with lots of blank content ACR refuses to include segments or stitch at all.
Noctilucent clouds glowing low in the north over the Waterton River at the Maskinonge picnic area in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta on June 17, 2018. Cassiopeia (the “W”) is at right. This is a high dynamic range stack of 5 exposures from dark to light, blended with Adobe Camera Raw. Taken with the Nikon D750 and Sigma 20mm lens. Additional contrast enhancement applied using Zone System Express 5 Photoshop extension and “Enhanced Contrast” function.
