Category: Northern Lights
Chasing the Northern Lights – Tips and Tricks
The season has begun and Lady Aurora has already blessed us with the most beautiful light shows right here on our property at Alaska Haven. Please find below quick tips for photographing the Northern Lights shared by the Explore Fairbanks Team.
- Locate a dark area with minimal light pollution. Point your camera to the northern sky and compose your medium-distance foreground with a fixed object such as trees, hills or a cabin. On nights when the moon is bright take advantage of the light cast on the ground and other objects when photographing.
- Use a digital camera with manual settings and a solid tripod. Bring extra camera batteries, a flashlight and dress for extended periods outdoors.
- Manually set your your camera on its highest ISO setting, widest focal point and lowest aperture. Expose each shot for approximately 5 – 10 seconds. Longer exposures will result in brighter images, but stars will streak and the aurora will soften. Short exposures may have sharper detail, but dimmer images.
- Every aurora and camera is distinctive, so experiment with different settings and exposure times to get the best shot. Review your shots and adjust the settings as needed.
- Go Pros is a great tool to videograph and create time-lapse videos
- Intensity varies daily, with the best displays from late evening to early morning hours.
- Auroras range in color, although typically shades of green, they can also be yellow, magenta and red.
- The aurora will be visible on an average of four out of five nights then the sky is clear and dark enough.
- Since the weather is often unpredictable, staying a minimum of 3 nights will greatly increase your chance to see the aurora by 90%.
BOOK YOUR STAY TODAY! Alaska Haven is located outside the city limits (no light pollution as well as great elevation) making it an ideal place to photograph the northern lights or just viewing them by a warm fire from the large living room glass doors. In addition, our waterfront property offers beautiful opportunities to photograph the Northern Lights with light reflections of the water (fall) and with incredible winter scenes in the winter.
We have certificates available to help remember this once in a lifetime experience.
Visit the University of Alaska Fairbanks; Geophysical Institute website at http://www.gi.alaska.edu for current forecasts remembering that the intensity changes daily.
Northern Lights Timelaps
One of our sweet guest send us this awesome Northern Lights time laps filmed at our property:) Love the shooting star!!
THANK YOU!!
Beautiful Aurora
What a miraculous Aurora show we got to see last night right here at Alaska Haven. Wrapped up in blankets, we enjoyed sharing this beautiful display and evening with our guest.
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Northern Lights at Alaska Haven
These beautiful pictures of the Northern Lights were taken here at Alaska Haven by one of our amazing guest:)
Posted by Alaska Haven on Thursday, March 31, 2016
Aurora in Full Swing
We are beyond thankful for this amazing Aurora Season. Alaska Haven has been surrounded by these light shows and our guest have been able to enjoy them in unusual warm weather. We are excited to start offering photography workshops on location. Please contact our office to learn more.
Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire. A picture taken by NASA of the Northern Lights from space.
Alaska Haven Guest Video
One of our sweet guest created and shared this video about their stay at Alaska Haven this Christmas. Thank you!!
Northern Lights are in full Swing!!
What a beautiful Northern Lights season we have had so far. They have been absolutely breathtaking. We are thankful to life away from the city lights and are able to enjoy this majestic light show right in our backyard!
Thank you for the amazing photos Heidi Bostic
Alaska Haven 