Sunset at Writing on Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, with the Sweetgrass Hills of Montana on the southern horizon. This shot, taken just before sunset, shows the last rays of sunlight lighting the hills, and the pink Belt of Venus band appearing on the horizon in the southeast opposite the sunset point. The Milk River snakes below. This is a single frame of 700+ frames taken for a time-lapse movie, using the 10-22mm lens and Canon 7D camera.
Sunset at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, with the Sweetgrass Hills of Montana on the southern horizon. This shot, taken just after sunset, shows the clouds lighting up as they catch the sunlight. The Milk River snakes below. The buildings at right are reconstructions of the original NWMP outpost from the late 1800s to guard against illegal whisky traders coming up "Police Coulee" from Montana to the south. This is a single frame of 700+ frames taken for a time-lapse movie, using the 10-22mm lens and Canon 7D camera.
Noctilucent clouds low on northeast horizon, amid pre-dawn twilight, July 6, 2011. Taken with Canon 5D MkII and 8mm Sigma fisheye lens for 25 seconds at f/4 and ISO 400. Taken at 3:43 am MDT. Latitude 50.9° N.