Dave Markel Editions

There are few places I am more familiar with than Wells Gray Park. I have seen it in good and bad, warm and cold, winter and summer. 

On this night I was set up along the Murtle River on a bend that curves to the north just above Dawson Falls. The Murtle river empties out of the south end of Murtle lake and over its 36 km length drops over 7 named waterfalls. 

It was a night of strong aurora and inclement weather. I had already been soaked by a shower and freaked out by fresh bear scat near the trail. However the aurora danced while the clouds ebbed and flowed only giving a small taste of the show above before snuffing it from view. I waited patiently for the privilege of seeing the show, capturing what I could when the sky opened. 