Crazy Airglow

[colinmlegg]

We seem to be getting nice airglow lately. This is my second crazy burst for the month. Initially I was doing a pano and realized I could see striations with the naked eye that correlated with green bands in camera. So I set the camera on timelapse for the rest of the night. The striations rivaled the Milky Way in brightness.

Western Australia, Jan 29/30 2014.

[Larryp]

That's spectacular airglow, Colin!

[gregbradley]

What a remarkable shot. Man you really go the extra. How the hell did you find a nice tree'd island with symmetry like that?

Wow.

Greg.

[Antu]

Fantastic airglow and incredible composition, Colin ! :thumbsup:What's the name of the place ?

[Octane]

Awesome. :)

Looks like Lake Ballard?

H

[colinmlegg]

Thanks guys :)

Yep, Lake Ballard. I've been waiting for water to surround this island for awhile. I think the last time it properly surrounded it was 1995? The rainfall a week and a bit ago was the biggest since the 1930s. So I headed out. The water was a bit high for reflections, but still only 10 cm or so deep.

[iceman]

Wow, so good! Awesome Colin!

[ourkind]

Stunning. Excellent work and worth the wait!

[Saturn%5]

Very nice Colin, Well done.

[rogerg]

awesome image :) right place right time :)

[dutch2]

Amazing colours, wonderful image.
:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Meru]

Spectacular as always :)

[Phil Hart]

That's some image Colin. Not slowing down at all eh? :-)

Looking forward to seeing the timelapse in a few year's time.. at least airglow moves nice and slow.

Phil

[Irish stargazer]

Spectacular Colin. Worth the wait :thumbsup:

[Regulus]

Saw Suzy's post of this on FB. Liked it a lot then... still like now.
Trev

[alocky]

Absolute ripper. Hope you've put that in for Astrofest on the 8th March :-)

[colinmlegg]

Thanks again for the great feedback everyone :)



Still got the passion Phil, hopefully I don't loose it! The timelapse looks pretty cool. The airglow moves quite fast (for airglow). Quite a bit of cyan in it which is unusual. I really do need to put all these timelapses together!



I will Andrew. Only have a few days left to submit.

[CapturingTheNight]

You already know how much I love this one............:bowdown:

[Camknox]

That's out my neck of the woods! I didn't realise there was water up there at the moment though. Looks like I should throw a day trip together for the kids tomorrow.

[colinmlegg]

Thanks Greg :)



Good luck. Let me know if the water still surrounds the island?

[hotspur]

Stunning image-will win gongs and be published-great work.

[Derek Klepp]

Thanks Colin what a great shot.