{"id":5051,"date":"2016-05-13T02:18:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T07:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2016-05-13T02:18:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T07:18:38","slug":"double-ditch-auroras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=5051","title":{"rendered":"Double Ditch Auroras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37499.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37499-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"auroras_37499\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37499.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37499-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37499-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>As I hinted a while back, I got to go out chasing auroras last weekend.\u00a0 While I was a zombie Sunday afternoon between church services, I was glad I went.\u00a0 Without a concrete advance plan I defaulted to Double Ditch, which was also because a friend of mine was already there.\u00a0 We started off by hiking down to the river with the aid of abundant LED light.\u00a0 In fact, I was astonished at how much light I was carrying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37505-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"auroras_37505\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37505.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37505-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37505-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>We took some time to venture out to, and even into (in my friend&#8217;s case).\u00a0 We caught a waft of skunk smell, so going back up top started to seem like a pretty decent idea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37511-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"auroras_37511\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37511.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37511-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2016\/05\/auroras_37511-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>We hiked out to the little stone hut, an attraction to which one used to be able to drive.\u00a0 There we camped out for a while as we worked various angles of the structure and the lights came and went.\u00a0 They started to settle down and we both started thinking about our responsibilities in church in a few short hours, so it was time to pack it in.\u00a0 I&#8217;m pleased to say we each got some pretty decent shots for our effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I hinted a while back, I got to go out chasing auroras last weekend.\u00a0 While I was a zombie Sunday afternoon between church services, I was glad I went.\u00a0 Without a concrete advance plan I defaulted to Double Ditch, &hellip; 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