Color photo. A night sky above a dark ridge line, filled with stars and sheets of green and red aurora. The sheets form a grinning skull.

A week ago there was a pretty significant aurora event, visible across most of the US, even as far south as Florida.

I wanted to try to get the aurora reflected in water below a mountain, so I headed out to Lake Wenatchee State Park. I got there between 8:00 and 8:30, set up the tripod close to the water’s edge (one leg practically in the lake), and waited for the show to begin.

And while I’m happy with the reflection shots I got, it was the grinning skull in the sky that jumped out at me when I was editing today.

Seemed pretty apropos for Spooky Season. 😀

Let me know if you’d like to see any of these become a print in my print store!

Gear: Nikon Z7 II, Nikon 24mm f1.4 G