Chris Ratzlaff 🇨🇦
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Event speaker • Chaser of things elusive • Namer of STEVE • Community Builder at @AlbertaAurora & @ChaserConCanada • Member of @PrairieChasers
Calgary, Alberta
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More freezing of bubbles. Now, better lighting and corn syrup has been added to my mixture of dish soap and salt (had to wait for Sobeys to open 😉)
@PrairieChasers
@PhotoEdCANADA
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What would
#BubbleMadness
be without a more produced video? (that'll never go as viral as the vid captured with the smartphone 😜)
@PrairieChasers
#abwx
My frozen bubble recipe
- 200ml warm water
- 35ml corn syrup
- 35ml dish soap
- 2tbs sugar
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Sunday evening's Aurora turned the sky over Lac des Arcs psychedelic!
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What a great evening of Aurora last night around Calgary! The sky lit up numerous times with vibrant and active Aurora overhead across Alberta!
@AlbertaAurora
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It's kinda ridiculous how red this is! I've photographed red Aurora before, but I've never been able to see it with my naked eye!!!
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What a stunning night of Aurora! This was a little over an hour ago
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Wow!!! What a night! And, SOOOO many photos to go through!
Aurora + NEOWISE at the Okotoks Erratic
@TweetAurora
@c2020f3
@AlbertaAurora
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I u-turned for this view of lastnight's Longview-Hanna
#abstorm
as it passed north of Mossleigh
@PrairieChasers
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The image quality still has a bit to go, but 360 views do such great job of showing the full sky experience!
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In the fall, Alberta turns into a beautiful golden colour!
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As we slowly say goodbye to Comet NEOWISE, a timelapse from 10 minutes on July 14, when the comet posed with Aurora, noctilucent clouds and the Okotoks Erratic.
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I usually take few days before I start spamming photos from a recent event, but I just got called out at work for not being faster with the pics, so here we are 😜
One of the stars of the Thanksgiving Aurora event, these rings were seen by chasers across Alberta and Saskatchewan!
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You're gonna see a few comet photos among my favourite photos from 2020 ... I've been waiting my entire life for an opportunity to photograph a comet such as Neowise! And to be able to photograph it with a stunning Aurora? What a treat!
- July 2020
#ArtAdventCalendar
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Seen on Deerfoot Trail this evening. Uncertain if intentional 😜
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Tall photos, with no crop from Twitter, show a unique perspective!
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I'm a bit worried that the Conservatives won't want to go back to work of they get this handout 😉
Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party is applying for the federal government’s emergency wage subsidy program:
#ableg
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The best part for me about Friday night was my kids asking if they could come along!
@AlbertaAurora
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With
#BubbleMadness
trending today, here's a still from this morning.
Freezing Bubbles Pro Tip: Bubbles seem to freeze quicker in humid climates. If your bubbles are popping before freezing, try blowing them onto smooth surfaces (ice, glass, etc)
#abwx
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Honestly, I feel like this is one of the most magical photos I've ever captured ... I absolutely LOVE the story this photo tells!
*expand for vertical photo*
- July, 2020
#ArtAdventCalendar
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The pulsating coronal Aurora over Heart Mountain on April 23 was a trip!
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Aurora blowing up the whole sky is awesome, but sometimes a classic curtain of pillars over Grotto Mountain with chinook cloud in the foreground does the trick!
@AlbertaAurora
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There were 10-20 people at the Okotoks Erratic last night, spread out in the 1sq/km area. Most seemed there to watch Comet NEOWISE ... a small cheer went out in the area when Aurora showed up 😀
(click to see the full vertical photo)
@TweetAurora
@c2020f3
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Finally, vertical photos without brutal cropping in Twitter!
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I don't always shoot in portrait, but when I do, it's because I'm standing directly under a rotating tower of moisture.
(expand to see the full photo)
Taber to Brooks, June 13-2020
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Looking West on Friday evening toward a northern boundary of the Aurora was quite something!
@AlbertaAurora
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Well it certainly took long enough for this Aurora to light up north of Calgary tonight!
@TweetAurora
@AlbertaAurora
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I grew up in a conservative voting Alberta household. For the last 30 years, I've always voted conservative in Alberta's elections. But, the UCP doesn't represent the kind of province that I want Alberta to be and won't be getting my vote.
#ableg
Are we really OK with Jason Kenney? My post-debate, post-
@charlesadler
interview column.
#abvote
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What a beautiful evening last night, sitting under the stars at the base of Mt. Yamnuska watch the Aurora.
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That was a hell of a sunset! To much red for the phone to handle!
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Aurora to the south! It's not often that I watch Aurora to the south, but when I do I might be in Yellowknife!
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Hey Alberta! It's Bubble Freezing cold out there!
Here's my frozen bubble recipe for your bubble freezing fun!
#BubbleMadness
-200ml warm water
-35ml corn syrup
-35ml dish soap
-2tbs sugar
-Dress warm!
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The best part about Twitter removing the crop from photo previews is that it gives me an excuse to reshare all of my favourite vertical photos!
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I've been waiting *years* to photograph an
#abstorm
from the top of Sunnyslope. Today finally delivered!
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I promised more comet photos from my favourites of 2020. This one has such a children's storybook feel to it!
- July, 2020
#ArtAdventCalendar
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One of my favourite photos from yesterday's dramatic Rimbey-Ponoka-Bashaw
#abstorm
, caught east of Bashaw, just before I bailed south from it.
@PrairieChasers
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One of my favourite
@AlbertaAurora
events, from August 2014. This one had such vibrant reds!
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This scene needs a cup of Tim Hortons to be complete
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Looking back at Thursday's storms ... I really love this scene east of Rockyford, Alberta!
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Stunning purple Aurora over Heart Mountain during the final minutes of blue hour on the magical evening of April 23 💜
@TweetAurora
@AlbertaAurora
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The long process of 4K'ing all of my old timelapses! This monster of a storm passed over Red Deer, AB on Jul 9, 2014. I caught up to it shortly after it passed over the QE2.
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What an incredible evening last night of Aurora over Alberta! And, my first ever time recording video of Aurora in real time!
@AlbertaAurora
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From lit to dark, the Calgary sky was on fire for about 10 minutes tonight! Here's the full sequence in 25 seconds, for your convenience 😉
@PrairieChasers
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The underside of a chinook arch over the Fall colours of the Alberta Foothills ... so much awesome!
(last weekend, results may vary this weekend 😜)
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Some amazing scenes in southern Alberta as we stayed ahead of a massive storm travelling from Taber to Brooks last night !
@PrairieChasers
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No crop in mobile Twitter finally allows photos to be seen the way they were meant to been without having to "click to expand"!
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Another frozen bubble shot last night
#BubbleMadness
#abwx
@PrairieChasers
My frozen bubble recipe
- 200ml warm water
- 35ml corn syrup
- 35ml dish soap
- 2tbs sugar
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The 360° camera is such a useful tool for chasing storms! Capturing footage while driving without having to adjust the camera angle is SUPER handy!
Taber to Brooks, June 13-2020
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Last night's Aurora, as seen from my backyard ... I'm definitely being lazier lately, and not venturing out of town on work-nights for my Aurora shots 🤣
@AlbertaAurora
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The road between Jasper and Lake Louise is one of my favourite drives!
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Aurora came out last night with a full palette of colour at Lac des Arc, Alberta! I don't think I've ever seen the ground lit up pink by Aurora!
@TweetAurora
@AlbertaAurora
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STEVE and the Big Dipper
- 11:52pm, Aug 31-2019, west of Airdrie
@STEVEPhenomena
@TweetAurora
@UofCAurora
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There's nothing quite like watching a storm roll over the Alberta Badlands!
@PrairieChasers
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Current status: Castle Mountain and The Comet
(straight outta the camera)
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Last one from the April 23 Aurora! Purple psychedelic corona over Heart Mountain, with a stationary lenticular cloud in the foreground!
@AlbertaAurora
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This ragged
#abstorm
shelf cloud reaches from
#yyc
to Innisfail and is cruising across Alberta this evening!
@PrairieChasers
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That's a wild January shelf cloud passing over Airdrie right now!
#Abstorm
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Hmmmm ... live interview with
@GlobalCalgary
in 7 hours ... I might have to go straight there from here 🤣
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@NanicaBrown
@PrairieChasers
@PhotoEdCANADA
For the kids 😜
200 milliliters warm water (for freezing)
35 ml corn syrup (for thickness)
35 ml dish soap (for bubble formation)
2 tablespoons sugar (for crystallization)
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"Turbulent Skies - an
#abstorm
from Innisfail to Trochu" 07/23/17.
Awesome music track by Hyson
@PrairieChasers
@Turbulent_Skies
#stormhour
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@Joe_Alexander
@JacksonCDavis
@AOC
@AyannaPressley
@RashidaTlaib
The single greatest achievement by Conservatives is convincing their followers that they're the party of prudent fiscal management
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That time when you're so busy chatting with first time chasers (physically distanced) about how to focus cameras at night and completely neglect to check the focus on your own camera 🤣
... 1,287 photos 🤦♂️
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Lazy back of the camera Aurora timelapse from Airdrie
920pm
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I was beginning to get a little worried that
#yyc
wasn't going to get cold enough for
#BubbleMadness
this year ... phew!
My frozen bubble recipe
- 200ml warm water
- 35ml corn syrup
- 35ml dish soap
- 2tbs sugar
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When I'm shooting a storm timelapse, I never quite know how it'll turn out until I finish processing it, sometimes days later. I was gobsmacked as I watched this segment from yesterday's storm near Huxley, Alberta taking shape on my laptop this morning.
@PrairieChasers
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