Aurora - May 11, 2024
A tiring 24 hrs. Drove 400km west to a secluded spot between Narrandera and Hay to escape the huge cloud mass in the east.
Driving through rain for the first 3.5 hrs I was questioning the wisdom of my actions. Eventually I drove out from under the weather system and was rewarded with these beautiful clear skies and Aurora Australis images.
I'm now back home (Hilltops Region). I've downloaded one camera, not the other and just processed two images of the 500 I shot last night.
Both images below taken 1130-1140UT (930-940pm) on 11/5/2024
Pentax K1
ISO 1600
Tv 10s Av 2.8
Samyang 14mm f2.8
Location: Near Darlington Point, NSW
The lens has a 75x110 degrees field of view. The pillars extend up to 50 degrees, the auroral arc was up to the zenith outside the field of view of this lens.
Tonight, there is an extremely faint auroral glow, green and red in the south not visible to the naked eye, just barely shows up on photographic image at ISO25600 0.5s f2.8.
There is a prediction for another strong event possibly tomorrow night.
Joe
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