Aurora Over Frozen Jordan Pond

I recently held a small private group workshop in Acadia and we were lucky enough to not only get crystal clear skies the first night but to also be treated to a display of the Northern Lights! For one of the clients it was his first time seeing the Northern Lights, always an amazing experience even though we couldn't see the color with our naked eyes. Due to the limitations of human vision, if the aurora isn't strong enough (or you're not far enough north) then it isn't bright enough to overcome our inability to see color in the dark. Instead we saw a white glow. We could see a faint pale white glow behind The Bubbles, and the spikes going up into the sky looked kind of like white search lights to us. But the camera has no such limitations and easily captured the colors.

Nikon D810A and Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 lens @ 14mm and f/2.8. This is a blend of 5 exposures. 1 exposure for the sky at ISO 10,000 for 8 seconds, and 4 exposures at ISO 3200 for 60 seconds taken at different focus distances to get the entire scene in focus.

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Make:	NIKON CORPORATION
Model:	NIKON D810A
Exposure:	60
Aperture:	f/2.8
ISO Speed:	3200
Focal Length:	14 mm
Lens:	14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8