Aurora, Gull Cove Lodge, Alaska #3095

Last week I finished printing the 2020 calendars in Manitoba. Now I am shooting for the 2021 calendars. On the rainy days I look through my digital collection of some 80,000 images, in search of the forgotten treasures to add to the 2021 calendar files. I found this gem from last September when Jan and I were out visiting our dear friend, Paul Johnson, at his family’s lodge in Gull Cove. We were staying in one of three guest cabins along the beach. Jan woke up in the middle of night with the window at the foot of her bed filled with northern lights. She woke me up, I stumbled out of the cabin bare footed with my pjs on along with a camera in one hand and a tripod in the other. The northern lights were outrageous. I never know how long the lights will last so I just keep shooting and shooting. After about an hour, I headed back to the cabin to get properly dressed and spent the next hour plus hanging out with Paul at the bench at hot tub point watching the northern lights dip and dive across Icy Strait above the Fairweather Range in Glacier Bay National Park. It was an incredibly memorable night. Thanks for visiting, enjoy. Camera: Nikon D850, Lens: Nikkor 24-70mm, Digital Capture, Tripod, ISO 2000, 15seconds, F/2.8 ©Mark Kelley