In May of 2024, a massive solar storm created major displays of the Northern Lights in areas that normally do not see them. I set out to capture images of these displays but was stymied by the massive amount of light reflected off the bottoms of the clouds from the nearby city of Rochester, the outskirts of which were 15 miles away from where I took this picture. I never did get the "perfect shot" that night; the longer exposures required to capture the aurora were ruined by the massive light pollution from the city.
