I drove to Crater Lake National Park on the night of May 31, 2013 to photograph the Milky Way rising above the rim. Without warning, an unmistakable faint glow of the aurora borealis began erupting right in front of me. This post features my latest time-lapse video of the aurora borealis over Crater Lake.

The sun unleashed a huge, X-class solar flare on July 12, 2012. Here is an in-depth look from my experience capturing the aurora borealis over Sparks Lake in Central Oregon.