More From The San Juan Mountains of Colorado

The San Juan Mountains in Colorado are loaded with scenic views. There are some places that are popular photo spots and you will often see a group of photographers taking in a particular scene. I prefer getting away from the crowd and finding my own vantage point. To take the image above I left the road and climbed the bank until I could get a nice perspective on this valley that led toward the background mountains. I could stay in a spot like this all afternoon just taking in the changing clouds and light.

Outside of the town of Ouray, there is a road that leads into the mountains. Stopping along the road and taking a short walk to look into the canyon I found this house in an incredible setting. Can you imagine spending time in a place like this? I think I might want to put my camera away and get out the fishing gear.

This is one of those popularly photographed places where you will find other photographers to chat with. It is called the Dallas Divide and is located southwest of the town of Ridgeway. Sunrises and sunsets produce some really great photography here.

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Aurora Borealis - May 10, 2024, Last Installment.

On Friday afternoon, May 10, 2024, Jan and I were getting coffee in a very small somewhat crowded coffee shop in downtown Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. We overheard people talking about the Northern Lights showing up that night. And thus began one of the most exciting nights of photography in my life. If you have read my three previous blog posts you have seen some of the spectacular color displays we were able to capture. In these images I have included some foreground information to put the color displays in perspective. The picture above was taken to the northeast of the Trumpeter property where they house the pygmy goats and alpacas. Looking to the northwest you can see the moon low on the horizon. The building shown here has an additional suite that is separate from the main B&B house.. This image is looking due east showin the stable for the animals. Another view to the east showing the building with the separate ...

The Aurora Borealis, May 10, 2024

This last May, my wife, Jan, and I were on vacation in the San Juan Islands, WA. We were there for a week staying at the Trumpeter Inn, a B&B on San Juan Island. Mid way through our stay we heard there was to be a Northern Lights display and that we would likely be able to see it since we were at a latitude just north of Victoria, BC. The excitement was immediate. The conditions were just right as the sky was cloudless and the moon was in its crescent phase and would be low on the horizon (and therefore not overly bright) during the expected good viewing time between 10 pm and 2 am. The image above was taken that night and is what I was expecting to see, a green Aurora. Little did we know what was to come! Early on the was the first hint that something special was about to happen as color in addition to green began to show. I found this very exciting as I had seen green auroras before but never one with the purple/blue colors an...

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