Aurora
Taken by Dave Parkhurst on February 5, 2015 @
After an 11-hour high winds vigil across the Copper River Delta and the Chugach Mountains, 4:30am brought the promise of something rare and wonderful. The people in the coastal town of Cordova, Alaska slept quietly, unaware of the magnificent natural wonder dancing above them. As the full moon set over eastern Prince William Sound casting its sweet light on the peaks of the Heney Range, the center of night straight overhead began to pulsate with an eerie red. Within seconds the corona began to expand across the sky like a dome. The snow reflected the intense red and pink of the aurora as it built up to a frenzy of movement and structure The rare scene encircled the sky for 4 heart-pounding minutes, from start to finish, vanishing abruptly…leaving no clue that such a stunning display of light had filled the heavens.
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Date Taken: 2015:02:04 13:41:11
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The Great Red Aurora of February 5th, 1981 (Solar Cycle 21)
34th Anniversary Year tonight!
*This powerful image is the first successful photograph that started the “chase” for all the rare images of The Aurora Collection™, allowing the collection to become what it is today. After repeatedly being told by Alaskans that you "couldn't photograph the aurora", the challenge ensued. It took approximately one year, March 1980 to February 1981, 100 rolls of film (Yes...Pre-Digital World), with countless hundreds of hours and unending patience just to get this first image. Using a tree for a tripod due to high winds, it was a 2 second exposure that worked at the time.
***The YEAR below is incorrect in the submission form as it would not let me submit the form without a year & was limited to only the last 15 years.
Photographer's website:
http://www.TheAlaskaCollection.com
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