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Title
Central Minnesota Aurora
Artist
Alex Blondeau
Medium
Photograph
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The conditions were perfect. This was the largest coronal mass ejection that had been aimed directly at earth in a decade. But I was tired, and the action was probably not going to start until after midnight. Lucky my social media chatter about the event attracted two friends of mine who were itching to see the auroras.
We set out for the darkest sky we could find down a minimum maintenance road past a sign that read: "Most people meet the Lord through prayer, but trespassing is quicker." We parked the vehicle and set out to do some recon. As we made our way through the chilly March darkness someone said, "What left these tracks? They're huge!" About then there was a thundering sound off to our right and the sound of a large body crashing through the brush. Our headlamps reflected in giant eyes as the beast lunged past us… A horse, unencumbered by a fence.
We set up near a field and the glow on the horizon briefly intensified into shimmering pillars of light before returning to a slowly fading glow for the next few hours. The rest of the night passed without event, aside from a somewhat confused encounter with a local man in his skid-steer at quarter to 1:00 in the morning. A perfect night.
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March 18th, 2015
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South Rockwood, MI - United States
Your photo is being featured on Great Lakes Aurora Borealis. Thank you for sharing. L/F
Cleveland, OH - United States
this is great!, -you feel like you're there - great composition, color balance and perhaps some mysterious surroundings . . .
Colorado Springs, CO - United States
Absolutely beautiful. Would love to see the Northern Lights in person, but you captured this wonderfully.
Gone Walkabout - United States
Wow,we were in Duluth for six months one time and never saw nothin.. beautiful shot. .I did see it one time when crusin through Michigan.. I thought the sky was on fire..it is awesome to see but more awesome to capture..great shot Alex
Alex Blondeau replied:
Thank you, Jean Gabriel! It's been over ten years since I've witnessed a glimmer of them. I've got a solar monitor app now that lets me know when the aurora activity is rockin'!
Maui, HI - United States
✿ . ¸.•°*.✿ :: beautiful work Alex :: ¸.•°*.¸☆ ✿☆¸.•°*.¸ ✿ ✤ •*`*•.¸¸.•*`*•.¸¸✽ ❥
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