Northern hemisphere is popular for night sky phenomenon called the northern lights or the aurora borealis. When Sun’s core emits energy the charged particles travel through the space and hit the Earth’s atmosphere causing a display of reaction in the form of colorful waves and patterns in the sky.
In late 2021 the sun rotated in a favorable position for many such occurrences of the CME or coronal mass ejection towards earth’s surface. It is a delight to witness these lights dance across the night sky. At times the light is weak to be visible through the naked eye but can be captured with longer exposure time on a digital or cell phone camera.
On Nov 04, 2021 we got an alert on a mobile app for a chance of aurora. We drove outside of Calgary for some dark skies devoid of light pollution and managed to see a faint glow above the clouds. This image on top is shot with a DSLR camera at a 28 second exposure with 800 ISO and f / 3.2 at 21 mm focal length.
Night photography has a thrill to it and can be very rewarding with the right cloud conditions and low light pollution. As the milky way core disappears soon after sunset during winter months in the northern skies aurora season brings a new wave of excitement for night sky enthusiasts