Lady Aurora danced last night, but never gave us a full performance. She seemed coy and shy … hinting at bigger things but never coming through. Still … it was a beautiful night out under the stars. My Northern Lights page has instructions (map) at the very bottom on how to find this location which is about 20 miles north of Duluth, Minnesota.
Tag Archives: MN North: Boulder Lake
Fire and Ice … Dawn and Dark!
What a way to bookend a day … Ice Ducks at dawn, and the Aurora Borealis at midnight!
ICE!
Before dawn I went down to the big lake and positioned myself out on an ice flow in an attempt to take “ice flight” shots in the early morning light. There is a small stream that is underground for a few hundred yards just before emptying into Lake Superior near Lester River. The warm water attracts ducks during the winter.
FIRE!
Thought I would be going to bed after watching a movie with Molly, but Lady Aurora thought differently. My Aurora Borealis app sounded an alarm at 8 pm, and shortly before 9 pm I drove 35 minutes to Boulder Lake. Had to slog through knee deep snow for about 1/2 mile to reach my vantage point out on the ice. The temperature dropped from 13 to 7F by the time I left shortly before midnight. This image was taken a bit before 11 pm.
I will admit to being tired this afternoon. I was out of the house by 6 am to beat the sunrise, and did not call it quits till fifteen minutes after midnight. No complaints, just tired!
Homecoming Aurora Borealis!
After driving over 4,000 miles during the past two weeks, and visiting some fantastic locations including Santa Fe, the Grand Canyon, and Durango, Colorado deep in the Rocky Mountains, Molly and I arrived home yesterday afternoon. Although I was tired from all the driving, and looking forward to a night in my own bed, when the Northern Lights numbers popped I had to head to a frozen lake and hope Lady Aurora would dance. It was a fine performance. She did not disappoint. For ten minutes shortly after 10 pm the light show was spectacular. The refrozen melt water out on the lake ice made for cool reflections.
I then move over to NW Wisconsin to the Davidson Windmill, and hoped for a repeat performance. However, when the 2 am hour approached I realized it was to be a one dance night and I contented myself with a starscape “green glow” image at the windmill.
Lady Aurora Dancing Over Boulder Lake … 25 miles north of Duluth
A Few Minutes Later … more rays / spikes but less light
Ten Minutes Before Lady Aurora Came out to Dance … intense light
The Davidson Windmill Starscape Green Glow
