Look! Up In the Sky! It’s . . .

By Marvin Heiferman, Smithsonian Photography Initiative

Cascading Light, by Terry Mann.

Cascading Light, by Terry Mann.

It was 3 o’clock in the morning and something out of the ordinary was happening. And good neighbor that she is—although it might not seem that way to all of you—Terry Mann grabbed her camera then started waking people up. There wasn’t anything wrong in the neighborhood, but she knew they’d want to witness something as spectacular as it was unusual, an aurora lighting up the Ohio sky with waves of vivid, changing colors. Terry, current president of the Astronomical League, a group of over 240 local amateur astronomical societies across the country, writes about the surprising differences between what she could see in person and in the photographs she took in the middle of the night, in a piece recently posted on click! photography changes everything . . .

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4 Responses to “Look! Up In the Sky! It’s . . .”

  1. Eric says:

    Oh wow, that is absolutely incredible! Do you know what city in Ohio that was?? This makes me want to go to our local observatory. … Absolutely gorgeous.

  2. Marvin Heiferman says:

    Eric: I’m not sure where in Ohio the picture was made, but if you’d like to learn more about what Terry Mann and other members of the Astronomical League are looking up at, check out their website: http://www.astroleague.org/

  3. NiteSkyGirl says:

    ABSOLUTELY STUNNING !!!!!!!!!!!

  4. That is an absolutely stunning image, I wouldn’t mind getting up at 3am to see natures beauty in such a raw form.

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