Stars circle through clouds on a winter night in Grand Teton National Park.
Every night I check the Northern Lights Forecast in the hopes of seeing some Aurora Borealis. Despite cloudy conditions last night, I checked them anyway, and naturally, there was activity off in the northern horizon. I drove up to Mormon Row west of Kelly, Wyoming in Grand Teton National Park since that was probably the clearest view with the least amount of light pollution. Realizing it was cloudy, I had to throw out the general Northern Lights rules of a 10-15 second exposure at ISO 400-800. Instead I cranked up the ISO to 1250, set the camera to Bulb and just let it go, this particular shot for 706 seconds. The great thing about cameras is they can pick up plenty of light that you wouldn’t normally see. The Auroras are clearly visible far over the northern horizon and Antelope Flats. There’s a bit of light pollution coming in from the left most likely from the airport and/or Victor and Driggs, Idaho. Other than that though, I was pleasantly surprised with how this turned out. Not bad for an overcast night!
