Milky Aurora

This is a 7 image panorama that includes nearly 180º of landscape and stars!

One fine evening in May, a man and a woman were relaxing at home, watching Property Brothers on HGTV when the quietness of the evening was interrupted by a cell phone announcing that the Northern Lights were making a surprise performance. The man looked at the woman and said, "huh, I didn't see that coming!" The woman looked at the man and said, "well, what are we waiting for?" They hooked up their always packed and ready to roll teardrop trailer and headed north to a yet to be decided location. This is where they ended up. They set up chairs and camped under this tapestry of incredible beauty. The stars in Montana's dark night skies will give you goosebumps all by themselves. When you add the greens and magentas of the northern lights with the arch of the Milky Way and the subdued colors of airglow (only visible in a long exposure) it kind of makes a feller go weak in the knees!