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Northern lights dazzle in the skies over the High Desert: Here are your special photos and time-lapse video

Johnny Oliver drove up the Cascade Lakes Highway Sunday night to take photos of the Perseid meteor shower - and was greeted with the unexpected surprise of the aurora borealis. Here's a time-lapse video, almost 2 hours condensed to 19 seconds.
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Jameson Bibler
The northern lights glow over Lava Lake Sunday night. Taken with an iPhone 15 in pro night mode, 10-second exposure.
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Jameson Bibler
The northern lights glow over Lava Lake Sunday night. Taken with an iPhone 15 in pro night mode, 10-second exposure.
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Jameson Bibler
The northern lights glow over Lava Lake Sunday night. Taken with an iPhone 15 in pro night mode, 10-second exposure.
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Barb Powel
Northern lights as viewed from Redmond early Monday.
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Barb Powel
Northern lights as seen from Redmond early Monday morning.
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Shannon Stevens
The colors of the aurora borealis over the Badlands east of Bend
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Shannon Stevens
The northern lights (aurora borealis) seen Sunday from the Badlands east of Bend.
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Shannon Stevens
The changing colors of the northern lights (aurora borealis) over the Badlands east of Bend on Sunday.
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Elizabeth Gurry
View of the northern lights from Sisters
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Elizabeth Gurry
The northern lights put on a show as seen from Sisters
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Rose Hyder
Prineville residents also loved the aurora borealis view.
Aurora borealis Prineville Rose Hyder 811-1
Rose Hyder
Prineville residents also loved the aurora borealis view.
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August 12, 2024 1:50 pm
Published 9:56 am

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