The Mountains in Motions team recently captured some amazing aurora timelapse footage at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. Stay tuned for the release of the full movie in fall 2012.
Alberta, Canada, photography | Rogier Gruys | 
March 14, 2012 21:00 | 
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This trailer for a new documentary on the Rocky Mountains has some amazing footage. I can’t wait to see the full movie! Make sure to watch it in HD.
Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies | Official Trailer from The Upthink Lab on Vimeo.
Alberta, Canada, photography | Rogier Gruys | January 24, 2012 20:00 | Comments (1)
Jasper National Park offers a great variety of adventures, anytime of the year. These photos reflect on some of them.
January
Maligne Canyon, Jasper National Park, in winter
February
Tangle Falls along the Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park, in winter
March
Snowshoers on Jacques Lake, Jasper National Park
Jacques Lake, Jasper National Park in light of full "super" moon
April
Snowshoeing on Whistlers Summit, Jasper National Park
White-tailed ptarmigan in winter plumage on Whistlers summit, Jasper National Park.
May
Male mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus, along the Athabasca River, Jasper National Park.
June
Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos, digging along the Icefields Parkway
July
Family overlooking Snake Indian Falls in Jasper National Park
Aspen stand along the North Boundary Trail, Jasper National Park
August
360 degree panorama of Indian Ridge, Jasper National Park
Alpine lake below Pyramid Mountain, Jasper National Park.
Spindley Creek at Spindley Creek picnic area, Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park. (Parks Canada/Rogier Gruys)
September
The Ramparts and Amethyst Lake from Tonquin Valley Adventures dock in Jasper National Park at sunrise
Young girl walking on log at first Geraldine Lake in Jasper National Park
October
Lorraine Lake in the Maligne Valley, Jasper National Park
Pyramid mountain and the cross at the summit of Morro Peak, Jasper National Park
The full moon lights up Mt. Edith Cavell from the shore of Cavell Lake, Jasper National Park.
November
The International Space Station is captured as a straight broken line among curved star trails over Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park in a one-hour exposure.
December
Visitor snowshoeing on Overlook trail on Pyramid Bench, Jasper National Park.
Alberta, Jasper, National Parks, photography | Rogier Gruys | December 22, 2011 0:00 | Comments (2)
This video of earth from the International Space Station is even better than the short timelapse video of earth I found last week. The scene at 0:31 shows the Rockies and Jasper National Park just to the left of the middle of the frame. An island of darkness in a sea of light.
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.
Alberta, Canada, photography | Rogier Gruys | November 16, 2011 18:00 | Comments (1)
Last month I posted a photo of the International Space Station flying over Jasper National Park. Here is the view from the other side: North and South America from the ISS. The flyover starts over the Pacific NW of Vancouver Island, continues over the western US, down to Mexico, and on to South America. It ends with sunrise over the Antarctic.
The large areas of city lights show how important Dark Sky Preserves like Jasper National Park are.
Alberta, Canada, conservation, National Parks, night photography | Rogier Gruys | November 13, 2011 13:00 | Comments (2)
There are a lot of outdoor courses out there, but few are as excellent and comprehensive as Mahikan Trails’ survival courses. Just took their 2-day survival course last week. It is actually more of a bushcraft course. At the end of it we had built shelters, made whistles, wood saws, fishing nets, traps, learnt about native foods, fire craft, you name it. And we had a great time while at it. Highly recommended.
Alberta, Outdoor, trekking | Rogier Gruys | November 8, 2011 20:00 | Comments (1)
This one-hour exposure captures the International Space Station as a bright dotted line among the curved star trails over of Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park. Composite of 490 images, at 10mm, 6sec, f3.5, captured at 4sec intervals. A car’s headlights light up the forest across the lake.
More star photos of Jasper National Park.
Alberta, Canada, National Parks, night photography, photography | Rogier Gruys | October 27, 2011 20:00 | Comments (2)
The recently announced Jasper Dark Sky Preserve is featured in the April 2011 Canadian Geographic with a 12 page spread. Read Preserving the night skies, Jasper takes the lead, on the Canadian Geographic website.
Alberta, Canada, Jasper, National Parks | Rogier Gruys | March 18, 2011 20:00 | Comments (1)
Leading star and northern lights photographer Yuichi Takasaka gives some great tips on how to take successful night photos. Yuichi was the photographer for the recent Canadian Geographic article on Jasper’s Dark Sky Preserve.
Alberta, Canada, Jasper, National Parks, photography | Rogier Gruys | 20:00 | Comments (0)
Jasper National Park was declared the world’s largest Dark Sky Preserve today. Dark Sky Preserves (DSP) are areas designated by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) that promote responsible lighting, offer public observing sites for quality night sky viewing, and have active and engaging public outreach programs about astronomy and responsible lighting. They also demonstrate leadership in responsible lighting within their facilities. Including Jasper, there are currently 11 sites in Canada that have received DSP designation. This is more than all of the other DSPs in the world combined.
Jasper is not only the biggest DSP in the world, but also larger than all other preserves combined. The park offers great night sky observation opportunities, such as this halo around a moon on a cold winter night just outside of the town of Jasper. More information about observation sites, clear sky forecasts and maps can be found on jasperdarksky.org.
Halo around the moon over Whistler mountain, Jasper National Park.
Alberta, Jasper, National Parks | Rogier Gruys | March 11, 2011 21:00 | Comments (5)
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