A very colourful auroral arc at the start of a fine display on September 2, 2016, with purple curtains to the west, at left, still being illuminated by sunlight, and red upper curtains to the east, at right, in darkness. The classic auroral oval shape to the curtains is obvious, especially to the curtains farthest north and lowest in the sky. The Big Dipper is at upper right. Perseus is above centre. The bright star at centre and reflected is Capella. Andromeda is at right. The location is a pond near home in southern Alberta. This is a 150° panorama of 6 segments, each 2.5 second exposures at f/2 with the Sigma 20mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with PTGui software.
The Northern Lights in a subtle but colourful display over the still waters of Madeline Lake on the Ingraham Trail near Yellowknife, NWT. This was the night of September 7-8, 2019. The display this night never got really bright and active but was very photogenic and had a fine array of subtle colours. The Big Dipper and Ursa Major are at left, Capella and Auriga are near centre. The Pleiades is rising right of centre and is (are?) reflected in the water. I shot this from on the dock. The lights are from cottages on the east shore of the small lake. This is a 4-segment panorama, each 13 seconds at ISO 1600 with the Venus Optics 15mm lens at f/2 and Sony a7III camera. LENR empolyed in camera. Stitched with PTGui; ACR and Photoshop refused to stitch these segments as there is too much blank and changing content to match.
Guests in the Learning Vacations program at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre view the aurora on their first night of the program for 2019 on January 31. This is looking northeast, with the Big and Little Dippers at left.
