A boat floats on Shuswap Lake during golden hour in May.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Joy Daniels
June 04, 2025 - 4:00 AM
Sicamous landscape photographer Joy Daniels captures the changing light and moods over Shuswap Lake at twilight and into the night while Northern lights flicker and the moon waxes and wanes.
“I have always felt a sort of magic radiating from the moon and have watched the sky all my life, it's soothing,” she said.
A crescent moon shines through clouds over Shuswap Lake in May.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Joy Daniels
From her backyard overlooking the lake, Daniels zooms in close to the moon with her Canon camera on its tripod.
“The moon craters look close enough to touch,” she said. “I'm obsessed with capturing photos of the moon, especially when in clouds and in unusual light. The phases of the moon are so fascinating with the view of the craters changing every day.”
Green aurora borealis glows in a starry sky in the Shuswap in spring.
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Daniels said she has been an aurora chaser for many years and regularly drives to viewing spots away from city lights with the hope of seeing them.
“The sky above the lake is wonderfully dark, and if the aurora is bright enough, they actually reflect on the water,” she said. “The aurora has an energy when actively ‘dancing’ that you can physically feel. Kind of like that excited feeling before a big thunderstorm.”
The Northern lights over Shuswap Lake glow pink and green in May.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Joy Daniels
A peaceful time for Daniels to take photographs of the lake is at twilight both in the early morning and just before nightfall.
“You feel that you're connected to the natural world as it prepares to begin or close out each day,” she said. “The air smells extra fresh and carries the scent of the forest and flowers more clearly than during the daytime.”
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The sky is full of stars over the conifer trees in Sicamous at night.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Joy Daniels
Twilight creates a peaceful mood over Shuswap Lake.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Joy Daniels
A boat floats on Shuswap Lake at sundown in May.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Joy Daniels
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