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Photo Gallery: Shooting the Stars in the Willamette Valley with Bob Williams

by admin on October 17, 2024

A comet pierced the skies just outside Pleasant Hill on Oct. 10. Camera: Canon R5 / 35mm 1.8 lens; settings: 2.0 seconds at f2.8 ISO 1600.
That same night, Williams captured the Northern Lights, a celestial anomaly that is becoming more common across the states. This photo was taken from the bridge just before Mt. Pisgah.
The photo was taken with a Canon R5/ 24-70mm f2.8 lens. Settings were shutter 10 seconds at f2.8 and iso between 800-2500.
Experts say the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are more visible right now because the sun is at what astronomers call the “maximum” of its 11-year solar cycle.
During this time, the sun’s magnetic poles flip, and the sun transitions from sluggish to active and stormy.
All photos by Bob Williams.