Shawn Malone of Marquette, Mich. has created a masterpiece of video. She recently finished a year-long project shooting more than 10,000 pictures of the aurora borealis from 33 separate locations on many cold nights.
"It took a lot of coffee, a bit of tenacity and persistence to get this into a form of coherent electrified cosmic goodness," writes Malone. Although I've never met Shawn, we've exchanged friendly e-mails and her work regularly appears on Spaceweather. I like to think of her covering the aurora from Lake Superior's south shore while I keep vigil here along the north shore. Naturally, she has an advantage - the whole of Lake Superior is her reflecting pool for those awesome greens and reds captured so beautifully in the video.
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Some of my favorite moments in the many time lapses include the heron walking along the beach, a magnificent eruption of deep red rays and the full moon fogbow beneath the aurora in the final sequence. I like that Malone spent time recording both the quieter side of the northern lights - those many low, green arcs - as well as its wild magic. Kudos for the nice soundtrack also.
Click on the photo or go HERE to see the video. It's in HD (high-definition) and will run slowly on some computers unless you wait a few minutes for it to load. You can also toggle the HD button to off for a real-time view. Either way it's dynamite.
Be sure to read the comments Shawn included on the same page as the video. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I did.
