I’m getting ready to head north today. I’m not sure how far I will get but I plan to be in South Dakota by the end of the week, or sooner. I suppose everyone reading this has seen the news coverage of the huge solar storm on Friday night and saw the outbreak of Northern Lights. I could even see it here at latitude 32 degrees. I took a few photos, it was not very spectacular but still, to be able to see it here was extraordinary. According to Spaceweather.com, it was one of the greatest solar storms in the last 500 years.
I drove north a few miles, because a mountain blocks my view of the north from camp. The lights on the horizon are from I-10, about 8 miles north. At times a few rays of the aurora were visible but mostly it was just a bright glow. The camera captures far more color than I could see. Another image, I watched for several hours, but this is about as good as it got. On my morning hike yesterday, I got quite close to this Olive-sided Flycatcher, in nice light. I really like this one! I saw quite a few migrating MacGillivray’s Warblers too. All of them were difficult to photograph, this is the best I got. A Common Ground Dove, the first one I’ve seen in the Granite Gap area. It is not a new bird for the year though, still at 234 species.
One reply on “Last Day at Granite Gap”
I wish I had stayed awake for that aurora. ait was apparently amazing here!
One reply on “Last Day at Granite Gap”
I wish I had stayed awake for that aurora. ait was apparently amazing here!