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Nelson, Canada
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Title
Celestial Discovery- Steve, The Picket Fence And The Milky Way
Artist
Joy McAdams
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The Northern Lights phenomenon, "Steve" and it's accompanying picket fence, makes an appearance in the night sky above Kootenay Lake, Nelson, B.C. on September 15, 2017. A recently recognized auroral event, this amazing light show was first "discovered" by photographers who captured the lights on long-exposure images, and who later queried the scientific community as to what it was they were seeing in a conference setting. At that time, the scientific community did not know! In the apx. five years since the science world/NASA has been studying it, it is now believed to be a hot plume of ionized gas. However, research is still very much in it's infancy and ongoing.
Dubbed "Steve" after a movie event by some of those early photographers, the name has remained. The name has now been lengthened to stand for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement. The green blobs, are what is called the "picket fence" and sometimes accompany "Steve".
On a personal note, I was one of those early photographers who captured "Steve" before it was known to exist. I thought the unique blobs that showed up in my images were a lens effect, and possibly lights from nearby houses or a close highway. "Pity" I thought " those blobs wrecked the image" . Those images stayed tucked away unseen in my computer for about two years before the "Steve" news broke. At that point, I released them and because they were among the earliest images, and taken from a very southernmost location as compared to most, I am proud to have them included in current research.
In this image, Steve, the Picket Fence and Milky Way are all captured in one frame. It is taken from a rather unique perspective, that of looking almost directly overhead. "Steve" seldom appears like this to the observer- he is almost alway north, south, east, or west to the photographer, due to geographical location. It is the only time out of the handful of times I have witnessed him to be directly overhead...and to have the milky way intersect, what luck!
This image has been featured in the following FAA Groups:
Music CD Cover Designs 9/26/2017
Pure Nature Photography 9/26/2017
World Wide Weather 9/27/2017
Art District 10/03/2017
Cards And Posters - Inspirational Text Welcome 10/16/2017
Sunsets Sunrises Night Moon Weather And Bw 10/25/2017
The Niche 12/09/2017
New FAA Uploads 12/10/2017
Digital Art And Photography For A Simple Imagination 2/27/2018
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September 26th, 2017
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Centennial, CO - United States
Congratulations, Joy – your stunning scene has been selected as an Honorable Mention from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Up in the Sky photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Excellent space northern lights composition, lighting, beautiful color and artwork! F/L voted
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Magnificent capture, lighting, shading and artwork! F/L … voted for this piece in the contest UNEXPECTED SUBJECT PHOTOGRAPHY
Tucson, AZ - United States
Magnificent astrophotography, Joy! Spectacular phenomenon well and beautifully documented. V/F
Portland, OR - United States
Think I saw Steve once in Iceland, pretty cool with the milky way background!
Westbank, BC - Canada
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “Long Exposure and Night Photography ” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page. Remarkable image Joy.
Selah, Wa - United States
Wow, that is spectacular
Joy McAdams replied:
Thanks so much Mike. It was!! I have to admit, this is a unique capture I am proud of.
North Attleborough, MA - United States
Congratulations! The Fine Art America group “Cards and Posters - Inspirational Text Welcome” has featured your extraordinary image on our Home Page! To further promote your work to Art Collectors, you are invited to copy and paste any of your images into a variety of popular categories on the group’s Discussion Page. URL: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/cards-and-posters--inspirational-text-welcome.html?tab=discussions
Ottawa, On - Canada
EXTRAORDINARY work of art Joy ♥ L/F/Tw
Joy McAdams replied:
Heather, thank you for your marvellous support of this image. I hope you get to witness this incredible phenomena some day...THAT is what is extraordinary. I just stand there slack-jawed, awestruck, and do my best to capture it.
Kansas City, Mo - United States
A drum roll please!!!!!! Your artistic masterpiece has been featured in the “ART diSTricT" Group! You are welcome to archive this image in the 'Feature Archive & Thank You Thread' ~ Pamela
Greenwich, CT - United States
Stunning nighttime photograph of the Northern Lights and other celestial phenomena, with great colors and perspective, Joy! Wow!!! F/L
Joy McAdams replied:
Thank you Morris; I have to admit even I am taken aback by it..I am humbled by your comment.
Melbourne, FL - United States
Joy, Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world!
New Orleans, LA - United States
Greetings and Congratulations Joy!!! Your sensational and masterful photograph has been featured on the group home page Music CD Cover Designs!!! Bravo!!! L, Fav, Cheers, Group Administrator, Michael Hoard
Joy McAdams replied:
Thank you so very much Michael. I am honored by your wonderful words and feature/support!
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