Northern Lights, Meteor Fireball, Mt Dillon, Alaska-3038

I rented a cabin in the little town of Wiseman, population 11and about 250 miles north of Fairbanks along the Dalton Highway, for a week-long photo shoot of northern lights. With clear skies and a full moon I spent my nights driving up and down the road looking for great mountain landscapes and waiting for northern lights to appear. I was photographing this aurora display over Mt. Dillon with my shutter opened for 11 seconds when a meteor fireball shot through my frame. I had never seen a meteor, much less imagined catching the image of one in my camera. Can you believe that the fireball came right through the frame in the exact spot I would have wanted it to? I often talk about serendipity and being in the right place at the right time, but this was just dumb luck. This photo illustrates the month of January in the 2018 Alaska Calendar. Thank you for visiting – Camera: Nikon D800, Lens: Nikkor 24-120mm, Digital Capture, tripod ©Mark Kelley