After 6 plus times of driving 5 hours return to Emerald Lake at night over the years, finally got one that have all the perfect Aurora conditions.
1. A beautiful foreground of the bridge and building
2. The sky is clear enough to see the star and Aurora.
3. The Aurora actually show up as predicted.
4. The Aurora has multiple colors rather than just green.
5. Perfect reflection from the pond without grass blocking it. Thanks to a fisherman wader that allows me to shoot in the middle of the pond instead of from shore.
6. The moon was also out to light up the beautiful mountain instead of just a black shadow of the mountain.
This is a single image with no stacking of other image involved.
