This Solar Max Cycle is churning up Auroras that were visible last night into the southern US.
We photographed them from the CJ Brown Reservoir and the show did not disappoint!
Here's a few favorites, and many more are uploaded into our Auroras Gallery (linked above).
Tonight we had another Aurora show at CJ Brown.
We hadn't intended to stop there, but fellow photographer, Mary Ann, messaged me that she and her hubby were there and that they had some faint color.
We dropped by and as we were chatting in the dark and getting chilled, the aurora popped up and put on a show!!
The Kp Index (measurement of Earth's magnetic field) had suddenly jumped up to 7.
The colors and pillars were faintly visible to the naked eye, but our cameras caught them beautifully.
I was without my tripod, but thanks to the OM-1's 7 stops of image stabilization, I was able to hand-hold these shot. They were all 4 second exposures. In addition, the OM-1's Starry Sky autofocus mode locked focus on the stars effortlessly.
Some favorites.
