A beautiful end to a beautiful summer season. This photo was made about 10 days ago, just as the maple leaves were beginning to turn. We are transitioning fully into fall now, with cooler nights and days and more and more leaves turning and dropping each day. I love each season but I especially love fall. There is so much beauty to be found everywhere.
I found this Fascinating Fungi about 20 feet up in a tree while out looking for fall colors earlier this week. I was super intrigued by the patterns in the underside. Something new to discover almost every day!
Boy, am I glad I went out for a second round of photographing the auroras tonight! After 1:00 AM the lights had died way down and I kind of thought they were done for the night. But, it was such a serenely calm night that I decided to just sit by the water for a while and enjoy the peacefulness. Around 2:00 AM the lights started to pick up again and between 2:30 and 4:00 AM the auroras were just spectacular! Even the intense full moon was no match for the lights. Moonlight will often wash out the view of the aurora but not on this night. I haven't looked through all of my images yet... I need some sleep first... but of the ones I did look through, so far this one is my favorite.
This is going on right now! The aurora is currently at "STORM" level... and yes, there is a full moon, but you can still see plenty of activity in the sky. One nice thing about a full moon is that it illuminates the foreground quite a bit, where normally you would see only dark, black shadows. This photo was made at 11:17 PM. I'm heading back out for more...
One of the largest beaver ponds I've ever seen, on the Ontario side of Gunflint Lake. I love exploring the forest roads in Ontario. So many cool places to discover. On this day I had spent all afternoon driving to this location on some very rugged logging roads and was rewarded with these beautiful clouds lit up from the setting sun.
