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Originally Posted by RickS
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.
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Thanks Rick,
I wondered if it was like visual vs imaging for DSO.
I was reading the book by the SR-71 pilot, prompted by another thread on here about a high altitude photo-reconisance camera on eBay. There is a nice description of seeing the Aurora Borealis from 70000ft while flying the SR-71.
Also, by chance today one of my patients was a retired 747 pilot. He mentioned flying into Anchorage Alaska and I asked it he'd ever seen the Northern Lights - he had, and said there was definite colour visible at 30000ft.
DT