Aurora over the Brooks Range mountains. Canon 5D Mark III, Rokinon 24mm f/1.4, 3.2 sec @ f/1.4, ISO 1250.
While the clouds and snow were abundant during a recent photo tour I was guiding in Alaska’s arctic, the skies opened up and poured out the green cascading curtains of the northern lights along with chilly air that dipped to -34 below at the coldest hour of the night. The aurora show went on for multiple hours with many great shimmering displays. I used the Rokinon 24mm f/1.4 to capture this image, and the short shutter speed of 3.2 seconds allowed for some definition in the many shapes that were undulating and changing quickly.
