The Big Dipper pointing to Arcturus at left, as seen from Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta at the Graburn Overlook. This is a single 30 second exposure at ISO 2500 with the Canon 6D and 24mm lens at f/2.2.
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.
An all-sky aurora with green and purple curtains, the night of June 7-8, 2014, starting up about 12:30 and going until dawn. This shot was as it declined in colour and brightness, and was taken from the old barn site near home in southern Alberta. Foreground illumination is from the aurora and ambient sky -- the Moon had set but morning dawn was coming on. The Big Dipper is above the Barn. The purple colour is from blue scatttered sunlight hitting the red tops of the auroral curtains. This was with the 16-35mm lens at f/2.8 for 20 seconds at ISO 800 with the Canon 6D.
