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"Earth's silent spin"
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"Earth's silent spin"
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"Spinning stars over the Spirit Tree"

A 2-hour star trail exposure made on May 30, 2009 from 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.  The glow on the horizon is from the city lights of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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"Pre-dawn star trails over the Spirit Tree"

An approximately 1.5 hour long exposure made on June 3, 2009 from about 2:30 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
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"Aurora Storm - August 6, 2011"
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"A Night to Remember"

A 3-minute exposure of the northern lights taken at 1:12 A.M. on August 6th, 2011.
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"Dancing Sky over the Spirit Tree"

Northern Lights in the early morning hours of August 6th, 2011.
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"Aurora Storm - August 6, 2011"
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"Aurora Storm - August 6, 2011"

Here is a view that shows just how strong this geomagnetic storm was.  This vantage point of the Spirit Tree is actually looking East/Southeast.  Most of the time when shooting the northern lights at the tree I have to shoot the other profile of it, which is looking to the North.  I've always wanted to get a nice strong aurora so I could photograph them behind the tree from this other angle, which is a more Southeasterly direction.  Well, on August 6th, 2011 I got my wish!
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"Earth's silent spin"
SPIRIT TREE 0780-2

"Earth's silent spin"
See photo in original gallery.