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Originally Posted by sheeny

Awesome Rick!

Thanks, Al!

Originally Posted by Omaroo

Superb Rick. Growing up with this, I wonder how many northern Scandinavian people really appreciate how remarkably special it is to be able to see this out their back doors.

Thanks, Chris. Many of the locals are pretty matter of fact about it.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Fantastic Rick.

Thanks, Greg!

Originally Posted by h0ughy

brilliant - its one thing on my bucket list to see

Definitely worth the effort, thanks H0ughy!

Originally Posted by StephenM

Wow! Great timelapse Rick! Must have been great to see!

It was quite amazing, thanks Stephen.

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Superb Rick.
So gracefull.

Thanks, Kev!

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

Very impressive Rick - can you describe the naked eye view of this? How much colour is visible?

Looking forward to seeing the finished time-lapse.

Thanks, David. I could only see hints of colour. Half our group was at a darker site that night and they said they did see the green and hints of red. Previous displays were less bright and appeared monochrome to me.

The amazing part was how quickly the aurora moved. It really was like it was dancing. Swirls would develop and dissipate. Long curtains would appear, shimmering along the whole length. It would have taken a much faster shutter speed to capture everything that was going on. The video only hints at it.

The best part was that I had an intervalometer driving the camera, so I was able to spend most of my time watching rather than playing with the camera.

Originally Posted by Lester

Wonderful view Rick. How far out of the FOV did the display go? Looks like you could have done with a wider FOV.

Thanks, Lester. At times the aurora reached from one horizon to the other. I thought about using my fisheye, but it's not anywhere near as good a lens as the 14-24. I might give it a go if we get another display when we're in Iceland. The aurora is completely unpredictable, of course, so you never know where to aim the camera until it's too late.

Originally Posted by gary

Hi Rick,

The video looks jaw droppingly good!

Can only imagine how fantastic it must look to be there.

Wonderful to see it has turned on such a display for you and thanks so much for
sharing it.

Thanks, Gary! It's an incredible experience and definitely worth enduring the cold, falls on the ice and fish three times a day to see