When the ice groans and Lady Aurora dances! Two nights ago it was quite cold while I was out watching the Northern Lights (around 10F), and ice upon the lake I was standing would suddenly groan, crack and make other noises. Given you go from total silence to the ice symphony, it was eerie. The noise is normal early in the winter as the ice thickens on cold nights. Listen at 10 seconds and 25 seconds of the video for the musical performance.

My camera is a Sony A6300, with a Rokinon 12 mm wide angle manual lens … thus a nice camera but not super expensive. I add this information just to give perspective on capturing a video in real time … not time lapse. The best performances for the Northern Lights were around 6:50 pm, but unfortunately I did not take any videos at that time. This was around 7:30 pm when things had died down a bit, but still really good.

Ice Dance … The Movie (video link for email subscribers)

And one more pic from the best performance time!