6/22/15: Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO

Rolled the dice and drove up to Loveland Pass tonight due to the current solar storm which has been bombarding our planet for the last day or so. Fortunately I was rewarded with about 12 minutes of stunning imagery; it was my first time seeing the aurora other than while flying over Greenland at night, years ago.

This first image is a 12-image panoramic stitch, captured near the height of the aurora display.

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(If you’d like to see a full 270°-wide panorama of this view, plus a star-trail image, click here).

The following is a time-lapse video of the two sequences I captured; the first at 35mm, and the second at 16mm, and spans from 10:48 to 11:59 PM:

 

 

Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15.
Hint of Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15.
Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15.
First indication that something was coming (Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15)
Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15.
And then it came, practically out of nowhere! (Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15)
Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15.
(Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15)
Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15.
(Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15)
Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15.
(Aurora Borealis from Loveland Pass, CO, 6/22/15)

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  1. Just beautiful — thanks for sharing

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