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Originally Posted by acropolite
I managed a couple of very average snapshots of the aurora last night, staggered out at 1AM half asleep, it was just visible to the naked eye at times and rapidly changing. I grabbed the 5DII but didn't bother with a tripod as HRH was sleeping.
There is some colour and if you look closely you can see the areas of pink and green. To the naked eye there were only patches of white. I saw an aurora in the 80's that had visible pinks and greens past to the zenith, I'll never forget the sight, the one thing I regret is not staying where I was camped to fully enjoy the spectacle.
The light in the foreground BTW is moonlight!
Had it been a new moon the sight would have been spectacular, here's hoping for more this year. The second shot was taken a few minutes earlier, I've pushed the contrast and saturation to bring out a bit more detail.
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Very nice point and shoot effort!
Pleased to see someone captured it last night as it would be pretty high on the "bucket list" of things to chase down and see!