Albany Aurora & Airglow

[colinmlegg]

I was out new years night chasing aurora along the south coast of WA. Albany is as far south as I can get, and the forecast looked good. 3 small bursts of aurora showed up at Kp 3-4 levels, which surprised me a little being this far north. In addition, a nice chunk of green glowing airglow drifted in. Probably the brightest, most structured airglow I've seen.

6D, 14 mm, iso 6400, f/2.8, 20 sec

Albany, Western Australia, 18:50 UT Jan 1 2014

[adavis]

Great shot Colin!

[skysurfer]

Really nice pic !!
Did you use the Samyang or the original Canon 14mm ?

[colinmlegg]

Thanks Andrew, Skysurfer. The lens was a Nikon 14-24 at 14mm.

[SkyViking]

Wow that's awesome, great shot :)

[h0ughy]

what a ripper shot - lovely

[Antu]

Absolutely amazing colors ! :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Beautiful!

[iceman]

This is now IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au)!

(and I'll try and update it every week this year! :))

[colinmlegg]

Thanks guys :)



Thank you Mike. You do a great job following all the images!

[Rod771]

Very nice Colin!

Awesome colours, congratulations on IOTW. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

A superb image Colin.

You always post a stunning image and you work hard to get the shot. Very admirable.

Your persistence paid big dividends on this one. How far did you have to travel to catch this one?

Greg.

[colinmlegg]

Thanks Rod, Greg.



Around 5 hour drive down to Albany Greg. To get a clean light pollution free south horizon means minimum 3 and 1/2 hour drive from Perth. So yes, I'm clocking up the miles! :( I think I tried and failed around 5 times since June. Very fickle the old aurora and quite frustrating at times. But worth it when amazing things happen, like Jan 1 :)

[Aida]

Just joined recently and the first thing I saw was this photo and I must say I am speechless. It has been a while since I enjoyed watching the skies (not photos) and I am thinking of doing it again, but for now just reading the threads. This will encourage me. Thank you Colin

[carlstronomy]

Simply breath taking nothing else I can say.

Carl

[gregbradley]

Your hard work and uncompromising intention to get the shot paid off handsomely. It really is a sensational image made all the better by the unusual and strong green airglow patch.

I wonder if when public see our images they have any idea of the amount of effort that has gone into making them sometime.

The great shot is often the result of massive hard work and dedication rather than luck.

Did you take more than this one?

Greg.

[MrB]

Nice shot Colin!
Could be promising for tonight/tomorrow morning too.
Annoying, as I've just come back to Perth from a week in Nannup :(

[strongmanmike]

There have been a few shots like this recently and this is a beauty, how do you get so lucky with the features in your images :eyepop:

Mike

[Derek Klepp]

What a great shot .Hopefully some more if that huge AR flares this week.

[rogerg]

Great image Colin :thumbsup:

I think it's the fact you're out there at these great locations so often which I really am envious of :lol: Don't know how you do it. :)

[gazob]

Great shot, inspired a possible trip later in the year, that being said if planning a 1 - 2 week vacation to take in Perth and head south (never been to wa) would late June early July around the new moon be a good time to maybe get lucky with the aurora?

Gaz

[colinmlegg]

Thanks guys :) Good prospects for aurora tonight if anyone has clear skies. This one could extend quite far north (30 S ?) if forecast holds.

Greg, the shot is part of an all night timelapse. I picked up 3 small bursts in total. The airglow should look cool in timelapse.

[gaa_ian]

Awesome Colin ! was it Visual at all, or is this Photographic only ?

[dutch2]

Beautiful shot, gorgeous colours.
Well done.:thumbsup:

[DrWho]

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I'm speachlessssss
:thumbsup:

[CapturingTheNight]

Sublime! :bowdown:

[SimmoW]

Yes a beautiful shot, amazing effort too!

[owl]

this is awesome!! hope I come across one of these:)

[mswhin63]

Absolutely beautiful. I think I will get down to Albany one day hopefully soon.