The aurora season in Alaska this winter got off to a slow start, but lately things have been looking up. Jan DeNapoli captured an especially active display near Fairbanks earlier this week and turned the 500 photos into a captivating time-lapse video.
DeNapoli is a neurosurgery PA for Alaska Neuroscience Associates. She has been doing photography as a hobby for more than 35 years. She took these photos on Chena Hot Springs Road outside of Fairbanks from two places, first in her yard (mile 17) and then a few miles out to the Two Rivers Community Center (mile 23). DeNapoli has lived in Alaska for more than 20 years.
She is also a dog musher who does dogsled tours in winter and fishing and sightseeing/photography charters in Valdez with her boat in summer.
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