Last year, my aurora buddy and I went out to LLCC and had some amazing aurora images during the storm of May 10-11 2024. This year, on April 25th, there was no aurora for my first night of the season at LLCC and my friend was unable to join me but the skies were clear […]
When you have locations scoped out and need permission, sometimes you go even though the numbers are disappointing. April 15th was definitely a strange night. The numbers were all over the place. The Bz’s were north and the hemispheric power was low, but surprise surprise, we got a tiny bit of auroras. I’m guessing the […]
Early spring is the start of Milky Way season, but the Milky Way core doesn’t rise until the weeeee hours of the morning. Naturally, the forecast is important because I’m not generally a morning person but sleep is still important. While I have a regular job, I need to keep a “normal” -ish sleep schedule. […]
With huge thanks to Amanda for this location, it turned out perfectly and I was able to photograph the comet. I came up to Keweenaw to get photos of the comet after attending the Aurora Summit in Wisconsin. The location in Wisconsin didn’t work and who can resist visiting Keweenaw Peninsula? I took an extra […]
We all have seen shapes in clouds but on Oct 10, 2024, we experienced a night sky full of an amazing aurora that pulsed and breathed and changed and left actual shapes in the sky. It was a Thursday because of course it was… and I had my PEMF and then I had a TCACCC […]
Nothing is worse than a forecast for a weekend that doesn’t come true, until Sunday night. T’was a beautiful autumn weekend but I heard there were crowds and crowds of people heading north. I had wanted to go to the north shore but I didn’t want to drive in traffic, plus there was the hopes […]