Fairbanks, Alaska
March 18, 2004
Kodak Portra Professional Film
ISO 800 color negative film -- normal development
Pentax Spotmatic camera with 50mm lens at f/1.4 / ~45
second exposure
On
Thursday, March 18, 2004 we arrived in Fairbanks, rented
a car and drove to our selected B&B. After arrival,
we "scouted" for a slightly out-of-town location
to view and photograph the Aurora. Our selected spot was
along the Chena Ridge / Chena Pump Road. The ambient air
temperature was somewhat below zero, perhaps minus 5-10
degrees F. I have chosen to label these photos as taken
on 3/18/04 --and have also chosen to use this nomenclature
throughout the presentation -- when in reality many shots
were taken at midnight or slightly after. In general we
found the Aurora to be most active between 10 P.M. and
2 A. M. local Alaskan time.