The aurora in HDR

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I didn’t have the energy to make a long drive for a great foreground and minimal light pollution, but what a great show last night! Here are a few quick edits of the aurora in HDR.

Looks like a good chance of more aurora tonight and possibly the next couple days (assuming you don’t have cloudy skies). Well worth getting out there! I was shooting with fairly high light pollution less than an hour from Minneapolis (Bortle class 4-5), 3 would be much better and 1-2 is ideal.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around why there was a guy fixing a bike in his driveway at 1 am next to me while I was taking this first image.

Greg Benz Photography