A 360° view of the aurora from Churchill, Manitoba, on March 3, 2016 when the lights started out extensive and fairly bright at the start of the night but then faded and subsided. The camera is aimed just east of due north. The Big Dipper is at centre. This is a frame from a 360-frame time-lapse sequence shot with the 8mm fish-eye lens and Canon 6D for projection in digital planetarium domes. Each frame was 15 seconds at f/3.5 and ISO 3200.
A very red-dominated aurora looking up the curtains as they converge nearly overhead. The Big Dipper is at left, and Gemini at far right, with Castor and Pollux. The Beehive star cluster at lower right. This is a single 10-second exposure with the Sigma 20mm Art lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200, taken Feb 12, 2016 from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Churchill Manitoba.
A very red-dominated aurora looking up the curtains as they converge nearly overhead. The Big Dipper is at top, and Leo at lower right, with Regulus. Jupiter is at the bottom. The Coma Berenices star cluster is at centre. This is a single 10-second exposure with the Sigma 20mm Art lens at f/1.4 and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200, taken Feb 12, 2016 from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Churchill Manitoba.