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  1. 2014
  2. November

Aurora Borealis at Angel Rocks | 2014-11-21

I hiked out to Angel Rocks to take some night shots. The aurora was out, but only really burst when I was on my way home on Chena Hot Springs Road.
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  • Faint

    Faint

    Faint diffuse aurora in the sky at Angel Rocks

  • Milky Way

    Milky Way

    Our Galaxy. With a bit of aurora. And that fuzzy blob up and right is the Andromeda Galaxy. Cool.

  • Galaxy

    Galaxy

    A bit of aurora is in the sky too. The bright star straight up from the closest (tallest looking) tree on the right is Vega, part of the Lyra constellation.

  • Aurora Rays Break the Horizon

    Aurora Rays Break the Horizon

    The aurora looked like it might act up for a few minutes before settling back below the horizon. It was really windy out, hence all the motion blur in the trees. Ursa Major on the right.

  • Angel Rocks - Faint Aurora

    Angel Rocks - Faint Aurora

    In the couple hours I spent out here in the howling wind, the aurora never did much. Ursa Major is in the center.

  • Brighter

    Brighter

    Aurora bands over the tors at Angel Rocks

  • Strengthening band

    Strengthening band

    The sky always seemed to be just on the verge of erupting, but it just didn't have the power yet. Angel Rocks.

  • Aurora at Angel Rocks

    Aurora at Angel Rocks

    This was probably the brightest the aurora got while I was out at Angel Rocks. I was surprised that I could see the high altitude reds with my eye - I usually can't when it's this dim.

  • Got some aurora in your galaxy

    Got some aurora in your galaxy

    This was taken just seconds before a gust of wind blew my tripod and camera over. It was time to go anyway. The Pleiades cluster is fairly obvious here.

  • North Fork of the Chena

    North Fork of the Chena

    Chena River under some aurora. There was still quite a bit of open water out there.

  • Brightening band over the Chena

    Brightening band over the Chena

    Aurora Borealis over the North Fork of the Chena River at the Angel Rocks trailhead

  • Aurora over the Chena

    Aurora over the Chena

    Northern lights at the Angel Rocks trailhead. It kept getting windier.

  • Aurora and Reflection

    Aurora and Reflection

    Open water just past the Flat Creek Slough along Chena Hot Springs Road. The constellation of Orion Came out. Oh, the aurora borealis was also out.

  • Ghostly aurora

    Ghostly aurora

    Off of Chena Hot Springs Road

  • Northern Lights

    Northern Lights

    Off Chena Hot Springs Road

  • Drifting East

    Drifting East

    Off Chena Hot Springs Road

  • Burst

    Burst

    Aurora bursts overhead from the bands that had been sitting near the horizon. Off Chena Hot Springs Road.

  • Bands

    Bands

    After the aurora settled back down a little bit.

  • Aurora Landscape

    Aurora Landscape

    Off Chena Hot Springs Road

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