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Northern Lights and Meteor

Aurora, Stars, Meteor, and of course, house lights.

Curtain of Light - Northern Lights

A colourful display of the Northern Lights.

God Amazes Me

Northern Lights Silhouette

Ghostly Lights

The Aurora Borealis makes the forest look like it is engulfed in green flame.

Painting with Light

I used a simple flashlight to illuminate the silo, while God uses a solar storm and the Earth's magnetic fields to paint the whole sky.

Orion in Focus

This 24 second exposure was done by taking the picture more out of focus every few seconds to give the stars a larger circle.

Orion in Focus

This 26 second exposure was done by taking the picture more out of focus every few seconds to give the stars a larger circle. Betelgeuse, a red giant star, is visible in the upper left. Orion's belt is in the middle of the picture, with his sword hanging from the belt in the lower right.

Noctilucent Clouds

High altitude clouds illuminated by the sun which is well below the horizon.

Night Lights - Noctilucent Clouds

High altitude clouds illuminated by the sun which is well below the horizon.

Silver Linings Everywhere

The moon lights up the broken clouds.

Red Moon - Lunar Eclipse Mosaic

The Earth's shadow pass over the moon during the Lunar Eclipse - February 20, 2008

Peaceful Conjunction

Conjunction of the Moon, Venus and the Peace Tower, Canadian Parliament, Ottawa.

Sliver

A thin crescent moon.

Moon Rings

Moon halo caused by high thin clouds containing millions of tiny ice crystals. Each ice crystal acts like a miniature lens causing a halo at 22 degrees from the moon

Double Halo

Moon halo caused by high thin clouds containing millions of tiny ice crystals. Each ice crystal acts like a miniature lens causing a halo at 22 degrees from the moon

Our Moon

Night Illuminations

Under a nearly full moon the sky is blue. Moonlight, starlight, head lights and tail lights illuminate the scene.

Under a Moonlit Sky

Aurora Overhead - Northern Lights

Looking straight up at the Aurora Borealis.

Northern Lights

Northern Lights

Silo Silhouette

Grain silos with the green Northern Lights and orange lights from a nearby town behind them.

 
 

Photography of the night sky by Troy Johnstone





The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. Psalms 19:1,2

 

Since I was a little kid I have been fascinated with space. It wasn't long after I began to be interested in photography that I turned my camera up to the night sky. Be it the silent beauty of the Milk Way, a strange atmospheric event, or the gentle and quiet interplay of magnetic fields and solar radiation that creates the Northern Lights, I enjoy the what the heavens can show us.

 

 

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