An Evening of Majestic Aurora

Tonight we were treated to a wondrous display of northern lights. These were not fast moving lights, but they were all over the heavens. This actually makes them easier to photograph in some ways.

Brian experimented with some light painting, and we took some photos of folks with the backdrop of the aurora. Brian used his headlamp to just light up faces for 1 to 2 seconds. Here is our aurora souvenir shot.

The sky kept changing, and we experimented with different lenses. Brian is still working magic with his fisheye lens.

The whole evening was made even more exciting because the photography group had arrived. Their fearless leaders are David Marx and Jim Halfpenny. After Brian and I finished our kitchen chores, we sat in on some of the lectures on photo composition and the art of focusing in extreme conditions. Below is the aurora dancing over CNSC. It is such a luxury to be able to go inside to warm up and regroup!

Aurora over Churchill Northern Studies Centre

It is always so much fun to experience the aurora with folks who are seeing the wonder for the first time. Great people! Great arctic sky tonight!