Female elk, in a moment they take out after a coyote...chasing it...

An Airglow Fan from Lake to Sky Image Credit & Copyright: Dave Lane; Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Why would the sky look like a giant fan? Airglow. The featured intermittent green glow appeared to rise from a lake through the arch of our Milky Way Galaxy, as captured last summer next toBryce Canyon in Utah, USA. The unusual pattern was created by atmospheric gravity waves, ripples of alternating air pressure that can grow with height as the air thins, in this case about 90 kilometers up. Unlike auroras powered by collisions with energetic charged particles and seen at high latitudes, airglow is due to chemiluminescence, the production of light in a chemical reaction. More typically seen near the horizon, airglow keeps the night sky from ever being completely dark.

I wish I could say this scene was from today, but alas it's 60degrees out there right now. The pic was from a couple years ago.

Posted this several years ago. The print was a gift . It is framed and hanging in my 'animal' room. How many animals can you pick out. Click on the pic to enlarge.