There is a lot of talk today of the strong possibility of aurora activity this weekend. Unfortunately, here in northeast Minnesota, we are buried under heavy cloud cover for what looks like most of the coming week. Since I probably won't be able to see the northern lights that are likely to occur tonight, I went back and found an unshared image from the aurora storm the night of October 2, 2013. I remember that night as being one of the best nights of aurora that I've ever witnessed.
I made several hundred images that night, mostly in an attempt to create a short time-lapse video of the lights. This photo was chosen from the middle of one sequence of images that I shot. For at least half an hour I was focused on this particular line of trees with this "funnel" of aurora coming up from between the trees and spreading throughout the sky. The lights were showing subtle changes from one exposure to the next, but I chose this particular image because it shows the funnel when it was at is brightest. I sure wish we had clear skies in our forecast for tonight! Hopefully, others out there will have better conditions and there will be photos to enjoy tomorrow from the possible event tonight.
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