With a text from a friend @ 2:13 this morning, I was out the door looking for lady aurora. The Bz had plummeted to -20 (which is a great number for auroras)! It was also the temperature outside. Driving to all of my favorite spots, I was unable to capture the lights. I could see the moon and stars bright above me, but felt like I was living in a fog bowl close to the horizon. At 3:55 I caught my first glimpse of green, and it was high in the sky! I knew I couldn’t see the lights anywhere along Birch Lake, so I zipped over to Bear Island where I often have luck. Sure enough! There was red recording on the camera & I could see a moving glow with my own eyes. This was fantastic!
With the windchill right around -40 and my car battery light going on, I thought I’d head home to catch a few winks. Fat chance! As I came around the corner at the 904 Road my eyeballs turned into saucers as I looked to my left. The lights were higher and brighter than they were just five minutes ago! These were six second exposures I was making, along with watching the show as I stood in awe!
