Hoping for some good Milky Way shots but too lazy or tired to drive somewhere, we set up on our beach just before midnight. I wasn't getting what I'd wanted so decided to just photograph the shoreline with long exposure while Junko continued her work with the Milky Way. When the first shot showed up on my LED screen I was blown away -- there were the Northern Lights, a total surprise! Of course, we spent then next bit of time focused on them instead. In 30 years, we have never seen northern lights from here as we aren't on the 'right' angle for viewing. Very exciting!
Mine was taken with a 20mm prime, Junko's image was using her 50mm: https://365project.org/jyokota/365/2021-07-10
Spectacular capture with so much movement in those lines and a splendidly vivid sky. I'm so glad that you decided to photograph the whole skyline and found this!
Fantastic.. @dide and I were in the Sth Island a few years back and got the Southern lights very dificult to see with the naked eye so a real surprise when you see it on the back of your camera.. Great capture..
@cashep19 Many thanks! Beaver Island is 33 miles off the northwest coast of Charlevoix, Michigan, in Lake Michigan. It's the largest unbridged inhabited island in the chain of islands across the northern part of Michigan.
Wonderful capture, great to see the northern lights at that latitude, in The Netherlands we are at 52° and only see it very rarely, Beaver Island is at 45°(had to look that up) so I guess it's even rarer there.
@leonbuys83 We do get to see them once in a great while, but never from our beach. There is a campground on the north end of the island with the best viewing, but they are so rare I haven't even tried. The last time I saw them here was about 35 years ago!
