16-7-12 Aurora Australis from Pt. Lincoln

[Lester]

Hi all, got a few images of the aurora last night. I couldn't see any of it with naked eye, but the sky was dark and thought I would give a time exposure a try on the southern region with 24mm lens on the 5D. It only lasted from 8:30 till 9:00 P.M and then it was gone.

Winters Hill is in the foreground and the lights of Pt. Lincoln to the left.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/Terrestrial/e6cf5ce7.jpg

This is a crop of the first image.
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/Terrestrial/d73c6f99.jpg

[CapturingTheNight]

Nice catch Lester :thumbsup:

[Lester]

Thanks Greg. I hope some others got to photograph it also.

[Liz]

Well done Lester! !:thumbsup:

[John Hothersall]

Thats a fantastic result, no doubt you definitely caught it.

John.

[Lester]

Thanks Liz and John for your comments. The changing curtain effect was evident when viewing from image to image on the camera. I was very fortunate. All the best.

[rogerg]

Nice aurora pics :) I like the full frame crop best.

[h0ughy]

i would love to see a real one - nice shot

[Lester]

Thanks Roger and David, all the best.

Here is a later image, just before the aurora dissapeared.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/Terrestrial/d7548043.jpg

[Paul Haese]

Oooh poop. I was down at Clayton imaging but I think Peter and I were inside at the time having a coffee. We probably would have seen it.

[iceman]

Amazing Lester, great catch!

[Lester]

Thanks Mike for your comments. Don't know if you would have got it Paul, as the aurora was slightly west of south. I should have been shooting the area by 8 P.M.; but had the thought that aurora only came later in the evening. How wrong was I. All the best.

[Paul Haese]

I reckon we probably would have seen it had we been outside. I have a clear view up and down the drive in that direction and there is no light pollution there at all.

Am I correct in thinking you did this on Monday night? If so we missed it by not being outside. If it was Sunday night it was clouded out across lower SA.

[JB80]

Port Lincoln?
That's impressive, I never managed to see any despite living in SA for nearly 27ish years.

Great capture, I'd be proud of that.

[Lester]

Hi Paul, yes it was taken Monday evening. Sunday was also cloudy here.

Thanks Jarrod. Perhaps you will get to see the northern lights. Although I don't know the latitude of Belgium. All the best.