By Rita Raina | 2022-07-09
![Community photo entitled by Kathie O'Donnell on 09/04/2022 at North of Rapid City, SD USA](https://earthsky.org/upl/gravity_forms/6-d184048789a60d766a02a8e43117298b/2022/09/2weird-light-01-11.jpg)
On 09/04/2022 09:01 pm by Kathie O'Donnell| North of Rapid City, SD USA
First, I was thrilled that after maybe 60 plus years I was able to take a picture of the aurora. We barely saw the lights but the camera did! This taken on a brief appearance on a second night of the lights. I taped the lens and got tack sharp stars compared to pics taken on the previous night. Secondly though is a SAFETY concern of mine - notice the red/yellow dashed line above the fence. I had no clue what it was. But now, I'm wondering if someone from the ranch down the road was watching us with some type of night vision scope and my camera picked that up. We were parked on the side of the road and did not go beyond the private property sign. Maybe some scientists from Earth Sky could weigh in on this. Thank you! Kathie
Nikon Z6ii, 24 mm, ISO 2000, 10 secs.
the usual minor tweaks.