A scene at the public "Parks 'n Stars" stargazing night, March 15, 2015, at the City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico, and at their Gene and Elizabeth Simons Observatory in the Orion group campground. Here, I pose with the iPad set up on a tripod running Sky Safari, for people to use to move around the sky and identify constellations. The Big Dipper is in the sky to the east.
The Northern Lights beginning a display on Friday, Feb 13, from Churchill, Manitoba, on the east deck of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre. The official activity level index was near 0 at this time but we still had a marvelous display due to our location directly under the auroral oval. This displayed eventually filled much of the sky. This is a single 15-second exposure at ISO 3200 and f/2.2 with the Canon 24mm lens and Canon 6D.
The Northern Lights beginning a display on Friday, Feb 13, from Churchill, Manitoba, on the east deck of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre. The official activity level index was near 0 at this time but we still had a marvelous display due to our location directly under the auroral oval. This displayed eventually filled much of the sky. The Big Dipper is at top left. This is a single 15-second exposure at ISO 3200 and f/2.2 with the Canon 24mm lens and Canon 6D.
