I am sure we all visit APOD!

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

[Octane (Humayun)]

That was one of the best timelapses I've ever seen. Not to mention one of the most beautiful things we could ever hope to witness.

Looks like 5D Mark II magic to me, too.

H

[Octane (Humayun)]

Uh huh!

Camera: Canon EOS 5D mark II
Lens: Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II

H

[that_guy (Tony)]

but its not a picture but awesome time lapse!!

[OICURMT]

So which is better...

1) dark skies...
2) not so dark skies like that...

I think DSO/AP is not an option there, but you have to admit, even when the clouds rolled in, it was awe inspiring... I'd personally wouldn't complain about clouds with that going on.

OIC!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow! That was quite something. I really like about 3/4 to the end of the movie when there's a massive green glow above the clouds and the whole scene lits up under as a result, almost like lightning. Must be great to see in real life.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It would be lovely to observe, one for the bucket list, but I treasure my dark skies too much to want to live there full time.

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Pretty groovy, I dig it!

[DavidTrap (David)]

Amazing timelapse.

How visible are these to the naked eye? These shots are obviously exposures of several seconds duration.

DT

[firstlight (Tony)]

My understanding David is that the eye and its dynamic range is a wonderful tool to see the aurora, the problem is capturing it on a short enough time span on film to not blur it too much... the digital age has helped there.

This is definitily one of the things I want to do before I die. I watched an hour-long ovie of some guys going to capture the aurora... 50 minutes of absolute tedium, 10 minutes of glory.