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01/22/2026

Auroral Trails ✨

What a lucky last day of Winter break! A super strong X1.9 solar flare impacted Earth just before heading back to college, and along with this, a once-in-a-blue-moon clear skies this Winter near Great Sacandaga Lake. No way could I let this opportunity pass, so I headed right out in the freezing cold chasing auroras. Wasn’t sure what type of shot I wanted, and instead just wanted to capture the most epic substorm, but unfortunately, the Bz was positive for the majority of the night, hindering what most likely could have been a massive G5 storm, rivaling those from past superstorms, such as the October 2024 solarstorm. Despite this, the data was off the chart and still produced spectacular lights, ones that I could even see with my naked eyes.

Originally, I wanted to make a panorama, but then I thought, since I’m taking a timelapse pointing right at the North Star, why not make a star trail photo for the first time? Welp, here we are. I present to you, Auroral Trails.

01/16/2026

Rocky Peak Ridge & Giant Mountain 1.13.26

12/31/2025

My favorite photos from 2025 🌌💫

Last December was when I truly developed a great interest in Astrophotography. Before, I mainly shot sports photography and some portraits, but after convincing myself, I finally bought a star tracker, jump-starting my passion for Landscape Astrophotography. This was the year I saw the Milky Way with my naked eyes in pristine dark skies at Coney Mountain with two of my best pals in -8°F. Ever since then, I kept going back to the Adirondacks to stargaze and take more photos while dragging more and more of my friends on these insane midnight hikes.

Through these trips, I’ve learned so much about the night sky and the outdoors this year. Forever grateful that I decided to stay back home for a year before transferring to Buffalo for college, because without it, I wouldn’t have gotten the chance to make these new memories and gain opportunities I otherwise would have missed.

As the end of the year approaches, I’m super excited to see what’s next. I recently had my Canon R astro-modified for H-alpha (Hα), which is a specific wavelength of light that is very abundant in the night sky, emitted by nebulae, but is normally filtered out on stock cameras. This gives me the ability to capture so much more in the night sky that would otherwise be almost invisible on a stock camera.

And if you haven’t seen already, I started selling prints this year of my work as well! Be sure to check that out on my website in my bio.

Thank you everyone for supporting Yanger Photography this year! I can’t wait to share what’s next.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

12/05/2025

Two of my favorite photos that I’ve taken this year won the 2025 Conservationist Photo Contest. From my first visit to Indian Head Vista during March of this year and the first time completing a multi-row Milky Way panorama on top of Hurricane Mountain, these two photos made the front cover and the calendar for the month of December, respectively.

I’m incredibly honored to be featured in the December 2025/January 2026 Conservationist, alongside other amazing photos taken by many outstanding photographers. Congrats to all.

Be sure to grab a copy from the website. It makes a great holiday gift!

10/22/2025

From high clouds to a could be better polar alignment, here’s a quick 48 minutes’ worth of our 2.5 million light years away neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy 🌌

Captured in Bortle 2 light conditions near Cherry Springs State Park, PA with a stock Canon R6 Mark II, adapted on a 70-200mm f/2.8 II, and tracked with an iOptron SkyGuider Pro. Post-processed in Siril and Adobe Photoshop.

Frames: 48 Light | 15 Darks | 60 Flats | 60 Biases

10/20/2025

SAR Aurora & Winter Milky Way

Two nights ago, my friends and I went out to Bortle 2 PA to watch the Orionids, and attempted to capture the new comet hype (C/2025 A6 Lemmon). Unfortunately, I didn’t get Lemmon, but got a welcoming surprise from the auroral activity that night. A nice little SAR (Stable Auroral Red). This is a phenomenon that occurs high in the atmosphere during a geomagnetic storm, which produces a constant red arc in the sky. First time experiencing that, so super cool. During this night, high clouds were prevalent, causing all the stars in the sky to appear “dreamy” as the light diffuses through the thin layer of clouds.

Started doing DSOs again, be on the lookout for my 35 minute worth of Andromeda!

Wide-field shot on my Canon R + Sigma 20mm f/1.4 Art, while the frame containing the Orion Nebula, Running Man Nebula, Flame Nebula, and Horsehead Nebula were shot on my R6 Mark II + 70-200mm f/2.8 II.

10/14/2025

Fall Glow Above Indian Head 🍂🌌

Perfect timing. Back from college for fall break, and I get clear skies and a gorgeous show in the night sky. These last two times I’ve been to Indian Head, there has been some pretty insane airglow, which are the ripples of red and green you see in the sky. It is a natural occurrence when air particles such as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, etc., are energized by the sun to a higher energy state and return to a lower energy state, releasing energy in the form of light. Unlike last time, the airglow was distinctly more red than green, which perfectly matched the fall colors I was going for. Although I was a week late for peak foliage, this turned out so much better than expected. Loving each art more than the last.

I started this multi-row panorama around 8:00 PM, a crazy difference from the previous attempt in August when I started at 1:00 AM. Winter is coming, get ready! I shot two rows, each with 9 frames for the sky, and then one seven-frame row for the foreground. I shot extra frames for the sky in order to have more room to work with in post-processing, really learned my lesson from past tries. The resulting image is a huge 141 MP panorama showcasing the beautiful fall foliage at Indian Head Vista, ripples of airglow, and the classic vertical Milky Way sitting in the middle of Lower Ausable Lake overlooking the vista.

Shot on my R6 Mark II + 20mm f/1.4 Art

Sky: 18 panels | f/2.0 | 60s | ISO 1250
Foreground: 7 panels | f/1.4 | 120s | ISO 1600

Check out prints on my website! Link in the bio.

Remember to Leave No Trace when visiting the Adirondacks :)

Have you seen Indian Head this fall?

09/30/2025

Last night’s aurora at the University at Buffalo. Big surprise to the whopping G3 strong geomagnetic storm we got. The first two pictures are from 11:02 AM last night and the last picture was from the huge substorm that happened around 1:00 AM. Was out until 12 AM on campus chasing the aurora and couldn’t get much because my lens kept fogging up, so I ended up giving up and going to bed. I checked the NOAA GOES Magnetometer one last time before sleeping, and there it was, the big spike that came after the long 2 hour drop. I jumped right out of bed and ran outside to take that final photo. What an awesome way to end the night.

Originally, last night’s Kp index was predicted at a 3-4, nothing crazy. But once that Bz flips from North (+) to South (-), and there’s a strong magnetic field it can produce some strong substorms, which are the main vibrant and energetic auroras we usually see online. GOES to show how those factors will ultimately determine if we see any aurora or not, especially at lower latitudes like Western NY.

You can keep up with the data realtime using spaceweatherlive.com and the GOES Magnetometer from the NOAA to accurately chase auroras.

Good rule of thumb when chasing auroras:

1. Sustained south negative Bz
2. Strong IMF (Interplanetary Magnetic Field)
3. Sudden spike in the magnetometer coming from a drop. You can think of the drop as “charging” up and the spike as “releasing” the energy.

These are the three factors I mainly look for when chasing auroras.

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