Last night we saw the best Northern Lights we have seen since moving up north 16 years ago. It was incredible to watch. My son even said it was better than watching TV! :) So we got out the camera, tripod and ran down to the lake. My husband took these pictures with his camera as he knew how to keep the aperture open longer on his camera. I just stood back and watched the night sky in awe.
These next 4 picture were all taken in a one minute time period so you get the idea of just how fast they were moving and changing. Note the red edge to some of the lights, I had never seen that before, they are usually just green. These photos are looking west over our house, you can also see the constellation Cassiopeia in the top right corner.
This one was taken just to the right of our house.
These next two were taken looking straight up! They pretty much ran right across the sky from east to west.
This one is was taken looking south toward the constellation Orion which we only see in winter.
And this last one towards the east which is a perfect shot of the constellation Leo.
Amazing!! Wow those are some of the coolest pics I've ever seen! So cool that you saw them in person!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, those are amazing! You are so lucky!
ReplyDeleteThose pictures gave me the chills! That's amazing! I've seen them once in my life time, in Southern Utah one year! Thanks for sharing...you should submit those pictures to somewhere? They are amazing!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to show my husband, he loves stuff like this!! The pictures are amazing,and thank you so much sharing!
ReplyDeleteKaren H
What amazing photography. How incredible to see the Northern Lights like this. I'm in awe of it all.
ReplyDeleteOh, Wow!!!! Thank you so much for sharing. I am supremely jealous. :D
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fantastic - thank you for sharing these - I would love to see the northern lights, but we live (I thought) too far south in northern England - then a couple of weeks ago, they were visible just ten minutes from where we live and I missed them! I don't think they would have been as spectaular as these though. One day.....
ReplyDeleteWow! I keep missing them this year...
ReplyDeleteStunning photos of the Northern Lights... and you are right as I don't think I have ever seen them as brilliant and spectacular as these shots taken by your husband. You could market thsee photos!!! G
ReplyDeleteAmazing photos! We could see these Aurora lights (Northern lights we call them) here in Norway a couple of weeks ago. It was just stunning, and I can relate to what your son said, it's better than watching TV :o)
ReplyDeleteI didn't get to shoot any pics, but I know how to do it now so I will try to capture the lights the next time they appear on the sky :-)
Wish you a great and creative new week :-)
Laila
So Cool! We don't get this type of thing in Los Angeles of course, but we do see stars "flare out" all the time. Not as cool though!
ReplyDeleteThese are incredible photos. Haven't seen northern lights since I was a kid, and would love to see them again sometime.
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are incredible...thanks for sharing them. So awesome.
ReplyDeleteThese are very impressive pictures and something I have never had the pleasure of seeing. Take care.
ReplyDeleteYou should enter them in a photo contest, gorgeous! I know from experience, Northern Lights are very hard to photograph. I keep missing them this year. Your hubby gets an A+. C
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking! I am so jealous.
ReplyDeleteThose shots are amazing, how I would love to see this for real. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these pictures! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteWow Kathy, how did I miss these fabulous shots, you guys are great photograpers!
ReplyDeleteI think my blogger is playing up, I'm not seeing your posts in my list only in google reader...have to investigate!
I'm off to see what else I've been missing???
Best wishes
Kay in Scotland