Recent solar activity has Calgary photographer Matt Melnyk excited to capture shots of the night sky.

“The sun is extremely active right now. There are massively big sunspots that are coming into view,” explained Melnyk. “Just this morning one of those sunspots caused an ex-flare (solar flare), which produced a full halo CME (coronal mass ejection)… We could get a massive solar storm as early as Nov. 11 to the 12.”

Melnyk has been taking photographs for decades and jumps at the opportunity to shoot aurora borealis whenever he can.

“I’ve been photographing aurora for about 20 years now,” Melnyk said. “I took my first aurora photograph in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, and I became instantly hooked.”

While Melnyk’s home office is has its fair share of professional-grade camera gear, he

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