The northern circumpolar constellations including Ursa Major and Minor, the Big and Little Dippers, and Polaris, as shot from Reesor Ranch in the Cypress Hills, Alberta. Taken at 3 am with dawn twilight breaking and some low noctilucent clouds on the horizon. This is a single 30 second exposure at f/2.8 with the 16-35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 2000. Star glows added in Photoshop to emphasize Big Dipper and Polaris.
A pre-dawn display of noctilucent clouds on the morning of June 23, 2014, two days after solstice. The NLC clouds are low in the northeast, in the twilight, but the entire sky is blue with perpetual twilight. The Big Dipper is at upper left, the Little Dipper and Polaris at top centre. This is a single 10 second exposure at f/2.8 with the 16-35mm lens at 16mm and Canon 6D at ISO 1600.
A display of noctilucent clouds, or polar mesospheric clouds, on summer solstice night, June 21-22, 2014 from home in southern Alberta. The is a 6-section panorama with each segment a 13-second exposure at f/5/6 with the 28-105mm lens at 65mm and Canon 60Da at ISO 800. Stitched in PTGui.
