Aurora In The Alps

[CapturingTheNight]

Hi all,

With predictions of a fairly strong geomagnetic storm due to strike the Earth, I packed up my camera gear and headed to one of my favorite locations. Without mobile reception up there I had no idea what the aurora numbers were doing so all I could do was get setup and wait until it got dark.

This is the first time I have been able to see an aurora with my own eyes. Watching the rays and arcs flow across the sky was amazing. I have hundreds and hundreds of images from this wonderful night to go through. A crescent moon off to the right of frame helped light up the landscape during this single exposure.

More pics and maybe a timelapse or two to come.

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Cheers

Greg

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[Octane]

Superb, you lucky so-and-so. :)

I ordered a Polarie today, waiting for that Kp of 8. Lol.

H

[LewisM]

WOW, just freaking WOW.

[Hakka]

Nice.

I shot some startrails last night from the top of Mt Terrick Terrick, I was just going through the shots trying to work out what the bright lights were from 4:30am onwards.

I didn't actually see the aurora at the time, I was shooting in the other direction with another camera.

[Larryp]

Wow! That is so spectacular, Greg!

[Retrograde]

Beautiful shot and what a great location! :thumbsup:

[xstream]

Beautiful Greg.
The Horn certainly is a great spot!

[DavidTrap]

Very nice (and very jealous!)

DT

[RickS]

Great images, Greg!

[alexch]

That's just great! Beautiful vista and superb colours of the souther lights.

Alex

[strongmanmike]

Eggselent Greg, lovely result :thumbsup:

Mike

[ourkind]

One thing is capturing it with your lens, another is actually seeing it with your own eyes! Congratulations Greg! Top shot too!

[iceman]

Stunning! The lighting on the landscape is tops.

[multiweb]

Awesome view. Colors are unreal. :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Wonderful work Greg.

Another classic

[colinmlegg]

As I said earlier, gorgeous shot Greg! :)



Mate, you won't need the polarie if it gets to 8!! Btw, this one was visible from 29 degrees Lat, so anywhere in NSW would have seen it. A good spot for you would be south of Eden.. other coastal spots north suffers LP looking south.

[gregbradley]

Sublime. Perfect image. Where was this Greg?

Greg.

[Octane]

lol, Colin. I know, eh!

I'll take note of it. Next time there's a big storm, I'll get my backside down the south coast and take the following day off work. :D

H

[apaulo]

Nice work Greg

Good to see you escaped the clouds and rain.
The framing of your image is fantastic..
Excellent photography

Regards Paul..

[Rod771]

Well done Greg :thumbsup: Excellent!

:bowdown:

[CapturingTheNight]

Thank you SO much everyone :D Still going through the mountain of images and timelapse sequences from the night.



Oh, I thought that I had put the location on the post Greg. Sorry. It was taken from the lookout below "The Horn" at Mount Buffalo, North East Victoria.

[colinmlegg]

Nice plan :thumbsup: Check out Wonboyn lake or Green Cape. Some amazing patterns in the rocks at Green Cape.