I had no idea that Yellowknife (capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories) became an aurora mecca during the weeks going into and coming out of the September new moon. But it is!
Given how often I’ve gone on tours with Natural Habitat Adventures and how rich their Churchill aurora departures are, some might be surprised that I chased the northern lights with Akari Photo Tours.
But my aurora experience in Greenland spoiled me for aurora reflection photos. And for reflections, you need bodies of water. Yellowknife has lakes, so Akari it was.
It was a delightful tour, and I also learned that when you’re under the auroral oval, KP index values are irrelevant. Yellowknife’s skies are bright with northern lights 91%-100% nights year-’round.
The shooting sessions became a little hectic when the show was blazing hard. Lessons were learned. And photographs were made. Here’s what we got.
Guide Kevin Lisota captured some tasty time lapses.
Akari Photo Tours - Canadian Arctic Northern Lights in Autumn - Kevin Lisota
