Afterglow

[colinmlegg]

I was out hunting aurora again Wednesday night. With levels at KP6-7 during the day, it was hard to resist the 5 hour drive south. Alas, the storm died a couple of hours before sunset. :(

This is the view from Albany, about as far south as you can get in WA. The red afterglow is all that remains of the storm.

[Larryp]

Very nice, Colin!

[iceman]

You're like the SEAL team, Colin!

You must have camera bags packed, ready to go at a moments notice. Jump in the car and go! :)

Beautiful image as usual.

[naskies]

Great image, Colin! I really like the composition too.

[Antu]

That's a beautiful one ! :thumbsup:

[dvj]

Stunning! worthy of a larger image post.

[Octane]

Glad to see I caught the same red that you did. Although, you had much, much darker skies. Lovely! :)

Next time, I'll do the drive all the way down the coast! :)

H

[colinmlegg]

Thanks guys :)



Haha, wish it was that easy. It was more a mad scramble to get everything together, down there and setup before nightfall. I had 4 cameras shooting at 2 locations separated by 5km, so was pretty down when the storm died. Plus, a cloud of smoke stuffed up the beautiful clear skies. :(



Good that you made the effort mate. Sadly my skies were less than ideal with smoke, so transparency wasn't so good. Our luck has to turn! ;)

[Octane]

I'm heading to Tassie in a couple of weeks. :)

I'll be there during full Moon, sadly, but, if there's a strong enough event, who cares? :)

H

[CapturingTheNight]

Brilliant image and composition as always Colin. :thumbsup: Shame about the storm dying. I was all ready to go straight after the meeting I had to attend, but after getting on the net and seeing all the subsided numbers I just drove home instead.

[Paul Haese]

Nice Colin. That reminds me I really must process the data I got from the same night. We saw the red too.

[gregbradley]

Great shot regardless. There is some nice subtle reds there. Terrific composition.

Greg.

[Ross G]

Amazing photo Colin.

Stunning composition!

Ross.