[terenceleezy] Aurora

[terenceleezy]

#1 AURORAAA!

My first aurora experience in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. Checked. Now off to backpack at Tombstone Territorial Park in Yukon, Canada. Be back in a week

Technicals
D800e | 14-24 @ 14mm | 10s | f/2.8 | iso 1600

 

[crystal shoot]

Nice. This place is far.

 

[terenceleezy]

Nice. This place is far.

yea took me a very long way to get there too. lol its in the artic circle. i wrote a blog entry with a map of how I got there which involved basically a full day transit lol. feel free to check it out. attached the link below also added u on flickr

www.terenceleezy.com/blog/tombstone-yukon

 

[terenceleezy]

I was lucky to catch the northern lights for a couple of nights when I was backpacking in Yukon, Canada. This is one of the many shots I have, and I am still processing the rest. Wrote a blog entry on this spectacular place (link below), check it out for more photos and a more detailed narrative of my adventure in the Tombstone Territorial Park!

www.terenceleezy.com/blog/tombstone-yukon

Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon, Canada

#2 Dancers in the Dark

Technicals
D800e | 14-24 @ 14mm | f 2.8 | iso 3200 | 4s | Tripod

 

[terenceleezy]

#3 Aurora Selfie

During our trip, we were very conscientious when it came to monitoring aurora activity. On our 3rd night we had set our alarm hourly to check for aurora activity. Piriya got out of his tent at 1 am and shouted "Aurora! Aurora!" That got me all excited and I ran out of my tent, and was overwhelmed by the sky that was filled with green bands of dancing light. I was mesmerized by the orchestra of green waves, and watched them as they waxed and waned against the velvety night sky. I don’t think I would ever forget that moment.

 

[terenceleezy]

#4 Camping in the land of northern lights

As awesome as it sounds.. It was actually freaking -10 degrees.

Tombstone, Yukon, Canada

 

[dolphinss]

These photos are truly amazing and inspiring. Takes a lot of effort planning the trip/equipment/location...and a bit of luck to get the aurora display/timing.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[terenceleezy]

These photos are truly amazing and inspiring. Takes a lot of effort planning the trip/equipment/location...and a bit of luck to get the aurora display/timing.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks dolphinss!

#5 The phoenix takes flight

Here's one from my camera, from one of my most memorable night in Iceland when aurora was KP9. See the resemblance to 9? I was gonna name it 9 or something along those lines but decided to go with Phoenix.

We were out in one of the ice caves in Vatnajökull that morning when I checked out the weather forecast. There was a predicted KP9 solar storm that evening and Kirkjufell was supposed to be totally clear all night! I think u could already guess what we did. We got into the car and drove 6 hours to cloudless Kirkjufell. We had initially planned to get there at about sunset, so that I can still scout around for a couple of good spots for the aurora.. But as luck would have it, we ran into a flat tire along the way about 20 mins away from Reykjavík. Spent the next hour or so calling the camper van company to get help in locating the tools, and trying to figure how to remove the spare tire from under the van. Of course, we missed sunset with all that time wasted. As we drove and it got darker, the sky lit up with faint hues of green and when we got to Kirkjufell, it was already totally dark. Called <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/piriya">Piriya Wongkongkathep</a> (yes, I do know how to spell his name off the cuff) for help as we groped around trying to find the waterfalls there. To my horror there were already 9571 people there, all in the frame. Set up my camera and sat around for the rest of the night, watching the spectacular KP9 show that waxed and waned, and feeling thankful we made it there safely.