Aurora Curtain

[Tom OD]

Whoops I posted this originally in the wrong section.

Here it is with minimal processing.

Tom.

[seanpius]

very nice shot,where did you take it.

[symesie04]

Tom that is absolutely beautiful. I assume taken in Iceland, Norway or some other very northerly location?

[Tom OD]

Thanks Guys,

Yes taken in Iceland last week at an unknown location. I was busy looking out the window of the minibus as it formed to figure out where we were. It was near-ish to Aukreyri though.

We had a strong display for about 20mins.

Tom

[ollypenrice]

Stunning!!! Who's a lucky boy? I've yet to see an aurora.

Olly

[Tom OD]

Stunning!!! Who's a lucky boy? I've yet to see an aurora.

Olly

Hi There,

This has got to go on your bucket list. It was amazing, on a par with the eclipse really for me.

[robbie c]

That is a stunning shot of the Aurora it just goes to show what you can get when you're in the right place at the right time 

[Sleepy Kiki]

Lovely shot Tom, that perspective gives it a great sense of scale too.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Is that a meteor near mid-right, just above the cloud?. 

[ollypenrice]

Looking again at this it just gets better. Earth, cloud, aurora. The whole story. Too good!

Olly

[bish]

Great shot. I managed to see the aurora from Kielder last spring. Not like your picture, but thrilling anyway. To the naked eye there was only a hint of the red and green colours, but a 20 second exposure and the colours really came to life.

[Tom OD]

Great shot. I managed to see the aurora from Kielder last spring. Not like your picture, but thrilling anyway. To the naked eye there was only a hint of the red and green colours, but a 20 second exposure and the colours really came to life.

When it flares up you can really see the colour with your eye. The 15s was plenty to really capture it all. I had the lens set at 11mm on an APC camera, the 7D, even then I was only able to capture 3/4rds of it.

Is that a meteor near mid-right, just above the cloud?. 

Luke, that might be a satellite or plane. I would think that it would be a little longer if a meteor

Tom,

[LukeSkywatcher]

When it flares up you can really see the colour with your eye. The 15s was plenty to really capture it all. I had the lens set at 11mm on an APC camera, the 7D, even then I was only able to capture 3/4rds of it.

Luke, that might be a satellite or plane. I would think that it would be a little longer if a meteor

Tom,

 It fades out as it goes along, so a contrail from a plane methinks.