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The Aurora Guy, Photographer | Aurora Photographer | Comet Hunter #northernlights #aurora #aurorapursuitist #photographer #nightsky #comet #Sun #Moon

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"In the Fading Light" North of Madden Alberta 20250405T0344Z Catching substorms of this magnitude is what drives me to get out there. This geomagnetic auroral event was not a usual occurrence, and in my opinion was an anomaly, and more than likely due to a combination of effects, the weakening magnetic field, the shifting poles, a negative CH HSS, and the IMF direction of towards. Whatever the cause the result was magnificent! #CHHSS #Sun #Spaceweather #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights #Madden #Calgary NASA Earth #NASAJPL NASA Sun & Space Alberta Aurora Chasers Aurorasaurus Industrial Engineer Irene Quiroz Dawn Marie Mueller 🙏😇🪽☦️📡☀️🕊 Dr. Tamitha Skov PipMizer KB 🇨🇦 Noel Bowman she/her Travel Alberta CBC Jure Atanackov

"In the Fading Light" North of Madden Alberta 20250405T0344Z Catching substorms of this magnitude is what drives me to get out there. This geomagnetic auroral event was not a usual occurrence, and in my opinion was an anomaly, and more than likely due to a combination of effects, the weakening magnetic field, the shifting poles, a negative CH HSS, and the IMF direction of towards. Whatever the cause the result was magnificent! #CHHSS #Sun #Spaceweather #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights #Madden #Calgary NASA Earth #NASAJPL NASA Sun & Space Alberta Aurora Chasers Aurorasaurus Industrial Engineer Irene Quiroz Dawn Marie Mueller 🙏😇🪽☦️📡☀️🕊 Dr. Tamitha Skov PipMizer KB 🇨🇦 Noel Bowman she/her Travel Alberta CBC Jure Atanackov

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"The Knowledge Is Out There" Northeast of Calgary Alberta 20251112T0430Z This timelapse is made up of 276 images shot every 3 seconds, at ISO 5000, 1.3 sec at F2.8 with a Laowa 12mm mounted on a Nikon D810A(astromod). I am shooting at 1.3 to capture the movement of the aurora, and at 3 second intervals so I don't use up my memory in my card in case the aurora goes all night. Although I have backup memory cards, I am trying to minimize the amount of images that I take, on a typical night I am shooting somewhere around 10,000 images. I am at 20 Terabytes of images this year... this particular night, I shot 15,000 images. One of the toughest decision one can make when shooting reflection aurora is how much of the reflection can you get without missing out on the auroral pillars, there's 2 choices use portrait mode or use a wider lens, I choose the latter and use a Laowa 12mm, if the aurora is going nuts I use both options with a second camera. #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights

"The Knowledge Is Out There" Northeast of Calgary Alberta 20251112T0430Z This timelapse is made up of 276 images shot every 3 seconds, at ISO 5000, 1.3 sec at F2.8 with a Laowa 12mm mounted on a Nikon D810A(astromod). I am shooting at 1.3 to capture the movement of the aurora, and at 3 second intervals so I don't use up my memory in my card in case the aurora goes all night. Although I have backup memory cards, I am trying to minimize the amount of images that I take, on a typical night I am shooting somewhere around 10,000 images. I am at 20 Terabytes of images this year... this particular night, I shot 15,000 images. One of the toughest decision one can make when shooting reflection aurora is how much of the reflection can you get without missing out on the auroral pillars, there's 2 choices use portrait mode or use a wider lens, I choose the latter and use a Laowa 12mm, if the aurora is going nuts I use both options with a second camera. #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights

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"When You Think You've Seen It All" Seebe Alberta 20251030T1130Z When you think you've seen it all you better think twice. In the ever changing geomagnetic storms this night was one of those unique displays. More than like likely the oddest that I have been privy to experience. Instead of your normal diffuse aurora band forming, and then developing into discrete auroral pillars. This substorm started out with a pulsating aurora, and then moved into a pulsating everything, from a pulsating Nitrogen band to pulsating red pillars the aurora threw a gamut pulsating features that had me "Mouth wide open"", with sublime features and colours that really were unbelievable. One of the features was sheets of auroral curtains that were moving at an unbelievable speed as they were torn from the horizon, these sheets were even torn from the discrete aurora as well. #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights Alberta Aurora Chasers Aurorasaurus Industrial Engineer Irene Quiroz Dawn Marie Mueller Dr. Tamitha Skov Raymond Mcdonald KB 🇨🇦 ❤️‍🔥 Noel Bowman she/her Travel Alberta CBC Jure Atanackov Scott McIntosh Jim Hughes windweather sun and stratosphere tracy gregorash NikonUSA Nikon Canada Marko Rummelsburg

"When You Think You've Seen It All" Seebe Alberta 20251030T1130Z When you think you've seen it all you better think twice. In the ever changing geomagnetic storms this night was one of those unique displays. More than like likely the oddest that I have been privy to experience. Instead of your normal diffuse aurora band forming, and then developing into discrete auroral pillars. This substorm started out with a pulsating aurora, and then moved into a pulsating everything, from a pulsating Nitrogen band to pulsating red pillars the aurora threw a gamut pulsating features that had me "Mouth wide open"", with sublime features and colours that really were unbelievable. One of the features was sheets of auroral curtains that were moving at an unbelievable speed as they were torn from the horizon, these sheets were even torn from the discrete aurora as well. #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights Alberta Aurora Chasers Aurorasaurus Industrial Engineer Irene Quiroz Dawn Marie Mueller Dr. Tamitha Skov Raymond Mcdonald KB 🇨🇦 ❤️‍🔥 Noel Bowman she/her Travel Alberta CBC Jure Atanackov Scott McIntosh Jim Hughes windweather sun and stratosphere tracy gregorash NikonUSA Nikon Canada Marko Rummelsburg

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"An Auroral Substorm" Highway 1, 4km West of the Cochrane overpass 20240804T0550-0630Z Substorms what we all want when we pursue the Aurora Borealis it's the juice that flows in my veins, and pumps me up like nothing else. There is nothing quite like it when you have been in the game for as long as I have. We have many, many disappointments, but that one substorm makes up for it all, this just happens to be one of those substorms! #Auroraborealis #Aurora #Northernlights

"An Auroral Substorm" Highway 1, 4km West of the Cochrane overpass 20240804T0550-0630Z Substorms what we all want when we pursue the Aurora Borealis it's the juice that flows in my veins, and pumps me up like nothing else. There is nothing quite like it when you have been in the game for as long as I have. We have many, many disappointments, but that one substorm makes up for it all, this just happens to be one of those substorms! #Auroraborealis #Aurora #Northernlights

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Rockyford Alberta 20251016T0250-0850Z 6 hours of Comet C/2025 A6, watch as the comet seems to pass through the aurora. The timelapse was taken with a Nikon D810 with a Samyang 135mm lens mounted on a Skywatcher GTi tracker. #Aurora #Auroraborealis #Northernlights Skywatcher NikonUSA Nikon Canada

Rockyford Alberta 20251016T0250-0850Z 6 hours of Comet C/2025 A6, watch as the comet seems to pass through the aurora. The timelapse was taken with a Nikon D810 with a Samyang 135mm lens mounted on a Skywatcher GTi tracker. #Aurora #Auroraborealis #Northernlights Skywatcher NikonUSA Nikon Canada

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"In The Company of Others" Jumping Pound Alberta 20250322T0324-0400Z Sunlight reflects off the Nitrogen high in the atmosphere and creates blue auroral rays/pillars, making for a stunning auroral timelapse. #Bluepillars #Blueaurora #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights #Cochrane #Calgary NASA Earth #NASAJPL NASA Sun & Space Alberta Aurora Chasers Aurorasaurus Industrial Engineer Irene Quiroz Dawn Marie Mueller 🙏😇🪽☦️📡☀️🕊 Dr. Tamitha Skov PipMizer KB 🇨🇦 Jake Stehli James Rowley-Hill Noel Bowman she/her Travel Alberta CBC City of Calgary Jure Atanackov

"In The Company of Others" Jumping Pound Alberta 20250322T0324-0400Z Sunlight reflects off the Nitrogen high in the atmosphere and creates blue auroral rays/pillars, making for a stunning auroral timelapse. #Bluepillars #Blueaurora #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights #Cochrane #Calgary NASA Earth #NASAJPL NASA Sun & Space Alberta Aurora Chasers Aurorasaurus Industrial Engineer Irene Quiroz Dawn Marie Mueller 🙏😇🪽☦️📡☀️🕊 Dr. Tamitha Skov PipMizer KB 🇨🇦 Jake Stehli James Rowley-Hill Noel Bowman she/her Travel Alberta CBC City of Calgary Jure Atanackov

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"When You Think You've Seen It All" Seebe Alberta 20251030T1130Z When you think you've seen it all you better think twice. In the ever changing geomagnetic storms this night was one of those unique displays. More than like likely the oddest that I have been privy to experience. Instead of your normal diffuse aurora band forming, and then developing into discrete auroral pillars. This substorm started out with a pulsating aurora, and then moved into a pulsating everything, from a pulsating Nitrogen band to pulsating red pillars the aurora threw a gamut pulsating features that had me "Mouth wide open"", with sublime features and colours that really were unbelievable. One of the features was sheets of auroral curtains that were moving at an unbelievable speed as they were torn from the horizon, these sheets were even torn from the discrete aurora as well. #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights Alberta Aurora Chasers Aurorasaurus Industrial Engineer Irene Quiroz Dawn Marie Mueller Dr. Tamitha Skov Raymond Mcdonald KB 🇨🇦 ❤️‍🔥 Noel Bowman she/her Travel Alberta CBC Jure Atanackov Scott McIntosh Jim Hughes windweather sun and stratosphere tracy gregorash NikonUSA Nikon Canada Marko Rummelsburg

"When You Think You've Seen It All" Seebe Alberta 20251030T1130Z When you think you've seen it all you better think twice. In the ever changing geomagnetic storms this night was one of those unique displays. More than like likely the oddest that I have been privy to experience. Instead of your normal diffuse aurora band forming, and then developing into discrete auroral pillars. This substorm started out with a pulsating aurora, and then moved into a pulsating everything, from a pulsating Nitrogen band to pulsating red pillars the aurora threw a gamut pulsating features that had me "Mouth wide open"", with sublime features and colours that really were unbelievable. One of the features was sheets of auroral curtains that were moving at an unbelievable speed as they were torn from the horizon, these sheets were even torn from the discrete aurora as well. #Aurora #Auroraborealis #northernlights Alberta Aurora Chasers Aurorasaurus Industrial Engineer Irene Quiroz Dawn Marie Mueller Dr. Tamitha Skov Raymond Mcdonald KB 🇨🇦 ❤️‍🔥 Noel Bowman she/her Travel Alberta CBC Jure Atanackov Scott McIntosh Jim Hughes windweather sun and stratosphere tracy gregorash NikonUSA Nikon Canada Marko Rummelsburg

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