RMD2023
Canyonland Lights
With a strong geomagnetic storm predicted for the night, I took a road trip to the Canyonlands to get some good subjects for a picture under the northern lights. My opportunities while living in Duluth had been spoiled by clouds all but one time (and it was the one time I didn't have my camera)
So, with little-to-no cloud cover on the radar, I left northwest, settling on Church Rock north of Monticello, Utah. I get there around 9:15, and practice fire quite a few pictures to get my focus right. As luck would have it, right as I get it adjusted, I check the screen and see a hint of color in the sky.
Quickly I fire off as many pictures as I can in between passing cars and semi trucks on the highway. But I notice something with each picture -- a great wall of clouds right down the middle of the sky.
What?
While cool in it's own right, those greens on the horizon mixed with the red above makes me wonder what could've been behind the clouds.But I'll still take the colors this far south.
Canyonland Lights
With a strong geomagnetic storm predicted for the night, I took a road trip to the Canyonlands to get some good subjects for a picture under the northern lights. My opportunities while living in Duluth had been spoiled by clouds all but one time (and it was the one time I didn't have my camera)
So, with little-to-no cloud cover on the radar, I left northwest, settling on Church Rock north of Monticello, Utah. I get there around 9:15, and practice fire quite a few pictures to get my focus right. As luck would have it, right as I get it adjusted, I check the screen and see a hint of color in the sky.
Quickly I fire off as many pictures as I can in between passing cars and semi trucks on the highway. But I notice something with each picture -- a great wall of clouds right down the middle of the sky.
What?
While cool in it's own right, those greens on the horizon mixed with the red above makes me wonder what could've been behind the clouds.But I'll still take the colors this far south.