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| Sugarloaf mountain and stars |
Last Friday and Saturday nights there was lots of solar activity and the Aurora Borealis was visible very far south. In the DC area it was cloudy both nights so I don't know if it would have been viewable. Sunday night there was supposed to be a chance of strong solar activity so I decided to try and view them. Since where I live is fairly bright, I went up close to Sugarloaf Mountain. I hoped to get a shot with the Northern Lights behind Sugarloaf.
I didn't see the lights, but I did get a couple of interesting nighttime shots. This morning I
checked Spaceweather and found that the Aurora wasn't visible anywhere near here.
In this picture, Sugarloaf mountain is backlit by the lights of Frederick reflecting off some thin clouds. Above the hill the stars shine brightly.
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| clump of trees and gravel road |
Lights from the parking lot I was in partially illuminate the ground and trees. Power lines run along the right side.
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| Sugarloaf Streak |
On the left, the grass and gravel road is illuminated by lights in a parking lot. In the distance at the center is Sugarloaf Mountain, and on the right is a streak of an airplane.
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