Northern Lights Reflection, Costello Creek

The northern lights were fleeting this night, but when they were shining, colourful red and green pillars filled the northern horizon and added vibrant hues to the Costello Creek in Algonquin Park. Northern lights were not in the forecast for the night, but when the Kp and Bz readings (both indicators of potential aurora activities) unexpectedly turned favourable, we ditched our plan for Milky Way photography and pivoted to northern lights, and we were not disappointed.

The northern Milky Way, Cassiopeia and the Double Cluster in Perseus are to the right of the aurora. The Andromeda Galaxy is a small fuzzy patch near the right edge of the image.