As soon as you see someone get a great shot of the Aurora Borealis at Stonehenge it makes you want to try. Alas I didn’t catch them behind the stones but they did appear across the fields. It’s my first time catching them in the UK so to be honest I didn’t mind where I caught them. Tonight the forecast was KP7 with just enough solar wind in our direction to make them dance around 9pm.
It is so hard for me to stay in when I know the lights are out. When you can't get away from the light pollution you just have to roll with it and I couldn't resist a quick dash around Stanley Park last night. Happy hunting this week everyone. It looks like the Aurora will be around for the next few nights.
In the middle of the night and somewhere close to nowhere, I found this house all lit up and waiting for Christmas. It felt eerie seeing as there was no car on the driveway or sign of life inside. It looked so unreal. All that was missing was the echo of Christmas music filtering across the fields.
Christmas House, middle of nowhere.
I check the forecast almost every day, especially on cold and clear days. This afternoon when I looked at the forecast it was a level 3 which usually means there's little chance of viewing the Aurora. By 9pm reports were coming in from as far south as Minnesota and the reading was up to level 8. So we grabbed the gear as fast as we could and headed out on the hunt.
It didn't take us long to find it! There were great displays tonight but the most interesting part for us was hearing the water freeze around us. Often we are in the middle of nowhere, in the dark and on our own, so hearing giant cracking filled us with impending doom until we figured out what it was! I've not shot in temperatures this cold since I was in the Arctic and it's a whole different experience. Great night!
Freezing night at Pitt Meadows, British Columbia.
Freezing night in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia.
Freezing Aurora. Pitt Meadows, British Columbia.
Freezing Aurora. Pitt Meadows, British Columbia.