Northern Light Fairbanks, Alaska Sept. 2021

[Nilo Photography]

I couldn't not have asked for more...
Taken at The top of Murphy Dome (elevation 2930 feet) is a United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station (closed to the public).

 

[JimFox]

Hey Lenny! It's so great to see these from your trip. What a super cool looking aurora pattern you got. All 3 are great, though I would tone down the blown whites on the observation dome.

Also, do you see in the middle of the aurora a circle pattern? It's very weird looking artifact.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I always wanted to see an aurora, and I went out a few times when I lived in Spokane and heard reports that there was activity, but I never saw anything. These are spectacular.

 

[AlanLichty]

Fantastic experience and I am more than slightly jealous. I am a bit curious about the shot taken from a place that we commoners can't access. The communications tower does add an interesting element to the frame.

Delightful set.

 

[dan swiger]

Love the 2nd image.

 

[Nilo Photography]

Hey Lenny! It's so great to see these from your trip. What a super cool looking aurora pattern you got. All 3 are great, though I would tone down the blown whites on the observation dome.

Also, do you see in the middle of the aurora a circle pattern? It's very weird looking artifact.

I do see that and i saw it on my IPhone shots at well but faint. Maybe E.T. is trying to teleport! Hehehehehe

 

[Nilo Photography]

I always wanted to see an aurora, and I went out a few times when I lived in Spokane and heard reports that there was activity, but I never saw anything. These are spectacular.

Thank you Ben. We have tried 3 times but the weather just didn't participate. This was taken from our last night of 6 days and Lo and behold he granted our wishes. The clouds from previous nights were thick and it was snowing some other nights.

 

[Nilo Photography]

Fantastic experience and I am more than slightly jealous. I am a bit curious about the shot taken from a place that we commoners can't access. The communications tower does add an interesting element to the frame.

Delightful set.

Thanks Alan. You can actually see it from the road going up there and many more places which btw we went to see from previous night but no luck. I did capture some on the way down but since my Sony camera battery ran out so fast (all 3 of them- each battery I was able to capture 10 pics). I just used my IPhone 12 and they came our pretty good.

 

[Nilo Photography]

Love the 2nd image.

Thank you.

 

[Dale Berlin]

Love that 1st one. You really see the bull's eye with two different cameras? Thats wild.