Chasing Light & Color
Short essays on aurora nights, Milky Way timing, moonlight, and the weird color shifts that make PNW skies worth waiting for.
Future dispatches from the road: scouting, weather windows, aurora watches, night-sky planning, and the small decisions that happen before the shutter opens.
This page is being held for longer-form notes rather than another gallery. The archive carries the images; Field Notes will carry the context behind them.
Short essays on aurora nights, Milky Way timing, moonlight, and the weird color shifts that make PNW skies worth waiting for.
Notes on reading cloud breaks, coastal fog, mountain wind, smoke, transparency, and the forecasts that decide whether a drive is worth it.
Behind-the-scenes route choices, safety checks, location planning, gear decisions, and what worked once the camera was actually outside.