Chuck Salisbury Photography

The end of November 2023, I had the opportunity to head out to Fairbanks for a work trip... I thought I would take advantage of the opportunity and see if I could get lucky with the Northern lights. The first 3/5 nights was completely cloudy and we couldn't even see the moon. The 4th night there was a few breaks in the clouds... we went out hunting for the lights. I gave up at 9pm and called it a night, only to hear my coworkers talking about the awesome lights they saw around 9:30 (angry face). My final night I headed up to Fairbanks to fly out in the morning. We got into town and grabbed a quick dinner and then drove out to Cleary Summit Aurora Viewing area. You couldn't really see the Northern lights with the naked eye, but when I took a photo you could see them. Unfortunately, we were at the end of the show. My first shot had some good lights and then they quickly faded away... we stuck around for another 2 hours just in case, then finally called it. While not as good as I would was hoping for, here is what I got.