Lake Superior - Photography by Travis Novitsky - Grand Portage, Minnesota : Photo Keywords : northern lights : <font size="2">WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 AURORA 6779 <i>"Beaver Pond Aurora"</i> Crazy cool, INCREDIBLE northern lights last night! What made the night totally unforgettable was not only the lights but the music of nature. Spring peepers and wood frogs were calling all night long and while I was shooting over a lake I could hear a barred owl calling from across the lake. It was one of the best nights I've ever spent in the woods with my camera! For the first hour of viewing, the Aurora held the form that you see in the photo above. To me it sort of resembled the funnel cloud shape of a tornado. This photo was taken at about 11:00 PM. A couple of hours later the scene was totally wild as the lights easily filled 75% of the sky and were moving much, much faster than they were when the above photo was made. The lights shown in the photo above were hardly moving at all. The variety that exists in the lights of the Aurora never ceases to amaze me! Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm Focal length: 17mm Shutter speed: 30 seconds Aperture: f4.0 ISO: 2500 </font>