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Aurora / Northern Lights in Yukon
20 December 2015 - Sunday
The northern lights started early this evening, at 6:45! The moon was also bright which detracts a bit from the brilliant aurora. Even so, the display was amazing! Much red colour and moving fast and pulsing on and off!
The first brilliance appeared to the north
Then to the east, with the moon also shining brightly
Overhead there was some amazing stuff happening, so I pointed the camera straight up.
Looking up
Then to the east again, the lights suddenly ignited. And moving FAST. Very fast! Even with four seconds of shutter speed, the lights blurred in the photos.
Brilliant colour to the east
At six seconds of shutter, the lights overexposed they were so bright!
Overexposure!
The colour settled a bit, but still moving fast
Then I noticed a formation to the west of the cabin. This first one reminds me of an alien.
An alien about to pounce the cabin?
The alien softened and twirled
Then the streaks spread out and softened some more
Back to the east, there was a flash of light
It was chilly tonight, about -24C. By 7:15
pm the lights were fading. Good thing.
My shutter finger was getting frosty!
One last shot to the north before heading in to warm up
The northern lights faded out after about 30 minutes. Those 30 minutes were amazing though!