Have you ever seen the northern lights illuminate the sky in Prince George?
If you haven’t been so lucky yourself, thankfully local photographer Kristopher Foot captured a video of the magical moment this past weekend when the lights were visible in the city.
“I got a few notifications from my email alters and northern lights apps,” says Foot, who captured photos and videos of the event at the CN train bridge in the early hours of Saturday morning (March 20).
“It was pretty cloudy but I thought hey, let's give it a shot at the bridge because it's close.”
Foot says the event is known as a Kp6 G2 level northern lights storm, using a GoPro for the hyperlapse video footage while taking the photos with eight-second exposures.
“It was massive, it would have been seen across the entire city overhead at times,” adds Foot.
“You could definitely see it with the naked eye as the video shows.”
Foot says it’s rare to see the lights this bright so close to the city, but explains he’s captured them a few times downtown, over the cutbanks and UNBC.
“Usually you need to travel 20 minutes away like Salmon Valley or Summit Lake but when they explode this bright you can see them everywhere, even with the moonlight.”
