Aurora Borealis over Trail Lake, Moose Pass, Alaska.
Since I captured this early this morning and will be traveling on Monday, I decided to do a rare weekend blog post.
With a lot of packing and shipping to do, I really didn’t need to be running around last night looking for Northern Lights – but I just couldn’t resist and headed out for a couple of hours a little after mid-night. You see it has been another slow winter for the Aurora Borealis, especially in Alaska for some reason – they have been getting some pretty good shows in Norway. So when I saw things were looking good on the computer, I had to go for it!
It takes a very good show to reach us down here in Seward and unfortunately this wasn’t one of them. By driving North, I was able to watch them on the Northern horizon, but didn’t have the time to go any further – I probably would have needed to go past Anchorage and Wasilla. So I made the best of it as I watched them on the shores of Trail Lake and listened to the ice cracking on the lake – actually the ice was really loud – that made it kind of eerie on such a dark, moonless night!
Ok, back to packing!
For those who are interested, you might enjoy reading about how to find the northern lights, or how to photograph the northern lights.
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Wow. Must be awesome to see. I can only imagine….
Beautiful.
Really nice. I love the reflection on the ice.
You Alaskans – so spoiled with your northern lights.
Gorgeous shot Ron.
Wowzers! Gorgeous
Wonderful. I flew through them once on my way to Churchill and that was incredible.
Nice capture even though they didn’t pan out, have a good trip
Wow! Never seen the aurora live and can only imagine what a surreal experience it must be!
This is fantastic, I can only imagine what its like to experience in person. Hope you have a great trip to the desert!
Wow–just beautiful! I’d love to see that.
I think this is a great picture, I really like it! it was well worth your effort! Im looking forward to reading the reference articles above about the N L.! Thanks.
Breathtaking!
Thanks a lot everyone!
Wow! Wow! Wow! I envy all of you who have seen them.
Awesome!
Breathtaking! I have seen the northern lights once, but it wasn’t nearly as big as the one you have in your photo…
Thanks!
Its breath taking,but I like a warmer climate.