Sky full of wonder

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Large streaks of green color, and streaks of orangish-yellow in the night sky behind two tree silhouettes in the foreground.

A few photos from last night’s aurora borealis, taken from Token Creek County Park.

The night sky with a swath of deep red at the top of the image, with streaks of green light radiating from the red at the top.

The night sky with stars, and streaks of green aurora light in the lower half of the image. A line of trees in silhouette is in the foreground.

The colors were much more muted with the naked eye. I saw faint green, and maybe a touch of very light red at times. However the camera picked up much more vivid colors that I couldn’t see.

A large section of reddish-orange aurora light, and a smaller section of streaky green light behind two trees in silhouette.

Green, red, and white aurora light radiating from the center of the image. Several stars can also be seen.

4 comments on “Sky full of wonder”

  1. I liked each photo of the borealis – especially the second one with the very red and green shades. Your photos tell me it was worth doing even though costed some sleep, Thanks. for sharing.

  3. Sarah & I went out to Feske Park. Pretty much the same for us, faint green swatches, but worth the time. She tried to take some pictures also, but they came out very dark. We had some problems trying to set the camera shutter to long and the apeture to wide. Your pictures are great. Your third picture was closest to what we saw. Did you process them at all?

  4. Thank you! It’s not easy taking pics like these, can take a lot of adjusting and experimenting. I found about 20 second exposure was best, along with low ISO and an open aperture. I almost always adjust the levels on my photos (making the darks darker, and the lights lighter). That’s all I did with these.

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