This will be the only image of the Aurora that makes my website I think. I specifically planned with a group of friends to meet at this location with hopes of getting the best images we could locally. I definitely think I did well. Extremely pleased with the results!
David Kurtz's morning memo column at the TPM site is always well worth reading, and today, above all, for the wonderful images of the aurora borealis he includes.
Northern lights don't usually reach this far south. Magnetic chaos in the Sun's huge Active Region 3664, however, produced a surface explosion that sent a burst of electrons, protons, and more massive, charged nuclei into the Solar System.
From last night. Humboldt County, CA, about 40°8' north latitude, so much further south than the NOAA map suggested. Glad I went out! That's local landmark Bear Butte just right of center.
Shot with a Canon 8-15mm f4 at 15mm, ISO 8000, 8 seconds, RAW, then cropped in Lightroom. Adjusting the highlight slider (way down) brought out more of the color, but I didn't otherwise enhance the colors as the camera saw them.
The "rays" and some pinks and greens were very visible to the naked eye, so it was super fun to watch. The camera picked up much more color. This and any others I post were shot as timelapses, but they'll take more work to edit.
#Aurora last night from 30 min east of #Seattle. Absolutely stunning for hours! Such an amazing shared experience we all got to have (irl and as a shining example of the global #mastodon community). 💚🩷💜♥️
According to the Calgary Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on the other site:
"As you scroll through your social media timelines this morning, here’s what all those different colours in last night’s skies represent." #auroraborealis
If the #AuroraBorealis is still spectacular tonight, I'm going to climb a hill in a dark rural area to see the lights in the sky. It's the same spot we chose to watch the comet Hale-Bopp go by. Y'all remember that? It was cool, but this . . . this is something altogether way up on the amazement scale. photo courtesy of the City of Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
I'm in southern Ireland @jerry, and last night was the first time I was able to see them. They were faint to the naked eye, but my camera picked them up pretty clearly. #AuroraBorealis#Aurora#Ireland#LiamsSky