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mistressofmuses) wrote2024-10-12 08:33 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2024-10-12 08:33 pm
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Dim pictures of the northern lights:
On Thursday night the northern lights were visible across much of the US again!
I think we missed the peak of it - they were very early! By the time we ate dinner and did miscellaneous household stuff after I was off of work, and then drove up away from the light pollution, they seemed to be winding down. There were some truly spectacular pictures from earlier in the night.
We *did* see them, but they weren't as bright as the ones we saw earlier this year. My camera still couldn't pick them up at all, but Alex's did. Though while they didn't show up as intensely on camera this time, the color was slightly more visible to the naked eye. It was very faint, but there were hints of both red and green. It was very cool!
And of course, heading out past the light pollution from the city, the stars were amazing.
Here are a few of Alex's pictures. I did up the brightness a little to make the colors a bit more obvious.
This one is probably the dimmest in terms of color, but also caught a few of the brighter stars, which was neat.
Seeing the northern lights twice in a year has seemed very weird, having never seen them before. They are typically very much a rarity in Colorado, and a lot of the times I can recall where they were visible here were more of the "I went out into the darkest part of the plains past the airport and put my multi-thousand dollar camera on a minute-long exposure and you can really see a hint of red!" sort of thing.
I think we missed the peak of it - they were very early! By the time we ate dinner and did miscellaneous household stuff after I was off of work, and then drove up away from the light pollution, they seemed to be winding down. There were some truly spectacular pictures from earlier in the night.
We *did* see them, but they weren't as bright as the ones we saw earlier this year. My camera still couldn't pick them up at all, but Alex's did. Though while they didn't show up as intensely on camera this time, the color was slightly more visible to the naked eye. It was very faint, but there were hints of both red and green. It was very cool!
And of course, heading out past the light pollution from the city, the stars were amazing.
Here are a few of Alex's pictures. I did up the brightness a little to make the colors a bit more obvious.
This one is probably the dimmest in terms of color, but also caught a few of the brighter stars, which was neat.
Seeing the northern lights twice in a year has seemed very weird, having never seen them before. They are typically very much a rarity in Colorado, and a lot of the times I can recall where they were visible here were more of the "I went out into the darkest part of the plains past the airport and put my multi-thousand dollar camera on a minute-long exposure and you can really see a hint of red!" sort of thing.
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My dad got a really cool picture where he was in Boulder. (He's in Colorado for my step brother's wedding.) He got out to see them earlier than we did though, and they were definitely more vibrant.
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