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PHOTOS: Aurora borealis over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park

CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 9 months AGO
by CASEY KREIDER
Casey Kreider is a photographer for the Daily Inter Lake and was awarded the 2024 Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year from the Montana Newspaper Association. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. He can be reached at [email protected]. | May 12, 2024 12:20 PM

Aurora borealis lights up the night sky over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Friday into Saturday, May 10-11.


    Aurora borealis is shown over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, May 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
 Casey Kreider 
 
 
    Aurora borealis is shown over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, May 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
 Casey Kreider 
 
 
    Aurora borealis is shown over Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on Saturday, May 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
 Casey Kreider 
 
 


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