Category: Aurora Borealis

On the night of March 17-18, I spent 11 hours driving 493 kilometers to experience one of the best aurora displays I’ve ever seen. The combination of strength, colours, patterns and movement were simply incredible, and just going through the 184 photos I shot to pick some out for...

After a dismal winter of aurora viewing, with clear skies and a good aurora very seldom coinciding, I had pretty much given up on getting any good photos this year. But last night was the third exceptional night of photography in the past week. I went out a fourth...

I never thought that I’d get 2 great Northern Lights photography nights in a row, but it just happened. This morning’s aurora didn’t last as long as it did yesterday, but for a few minutes the display was even more spectacular. The aurora forecast was good, so I went...

Usually, getting up before 04:00 isn’t a good start to my day. However, today it was, in a major way. As soon as I fired up the computer I saw some notices on the Yukon Aurora Alert page I set up a few months ago, saying that there had...

As our changing climate makes cloudy skies the norm during a Whitehorse winter, aurora borealis viewing gets less and less likely. Yesterday, once again seeing the frustrating combination of great aurora forecasts and cloudy skies, I decided to drive to wherever the sky was clear so I could see...

Just after 9:00 last night, taking my puppy out for a short walk turned out to be the start of a very, very special night. At that time, there was just a small aurora borealis display showing on the north-eastern horizon. After bringing Bella back in the house, I...

The circumpolar world is right now having the best aurora displays seen in the past decade, but actually seeing them can be a challenge for a variety of reasons. Photographing them can be even more of a challenge. Even with a great aurora forecast as we had on Monday...

Today began very, very early. The aurora borealis forecast was for a Level 4 display, which is very good, so I got out of bed at 01:30, and even though there were no Northern Lights yet, got my gear packed and headed out. The first auroral glow began as...

Yesterday was a marathon day of photography. I left the house at 3:30am to shoot the Northern Lights, and didn’t get home until 5:30pm. The result was over 300 photos of a wide variety of subjects from the area bordered by Mary Lake, Jake’s Corner and Skagway. Here’s a...

Watching the aurora borealis is such an amazing way to start the day. I often check the sky when I get up in the morning, but didn’t this morning – my brain is just too busy with other stuff. Just before 6:00, Cathy yelled that there was a good...