Aurora in real-time

[N1 (Mirko)]

Here are a couple of realtime videos of the Aurora display on 11 May. Same location as the photos. Turn down the lights for best results. Quality is pretty average. The 6D wasn't really designed for this but you can see what's going on. Ignore the pixel-scale noise - all other movement was real. Yes, it moves that fast.

https://vimeo.com/949858584

and

https://vimeo.com/949871702


The FoV is 100°+ diagonally.

Enjoy

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Wow! they are great! Loved your stills too.

How close is this video record to your naked eye view, in terms of brightness and colour?

Mike

[EpickCrom (Joe)]

Hi Mirko.

Fantastic video footage of the Aurora Australis in real time! Thanks for sharing

[Dave882 (David)]

Stunning! Quite an amazing experience i so wish I could have seen with my own eyes!

[N1 (Mirko)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Wow! they are great! Loved your stills too.

How close is this video record to your naked eye view, in terms of brightness and colour?

Mike

Hi Mike, the video sort of resembles the brighter parts of it, visually, although the colours were a lot more subtle in reality, but discernible. As was contrast. What this really does not show is the fainter features, which covered a lot more area and were similar in brightness to the Milky Way, which runs along the top of the frame but isn't really visible in the video either. Crux and part of Centaurus are, though.

Originally Posted by EpickCrom

Hi Mirko.

Fantastic video footage of the Aurora Australis in real time! Thanks for sharing

Thanks Joe

Originally Posted by Dave882

Stunning! Quite an amazing experience i so wish I could have seen with my own eyes!

Thanks Dave, and you may well catch one. The current solar cycle is far from done!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by N1

Hi Mike, the video sort of resembles the brighter parts of it, visually, although the colours were a lot more subtle in reality, but discernible. As was contrast. What this really does not show is the fainter features, which covered a lot more area and were similar in brightness to the Milky Way, which runs along the top of the frame but isn't really visible in the video either. Crux and part of Centaurus are, though.
!

Must have been a blast none the less, very envious

Mike