Magnificent Aurora!!

[Sunshine]

It was 2am when the clouds broke, I looked outside in my back garden and was floored by the display!. My wife was sleeping but I excitedly woke her and she crawled outside to her astonishment the light show was peaking. Just at the end of my street there is a park, I ran there and stayed till 4am laying on the soaked grass composing images with trees. What a stunning experience it was!.

 

Edited May 11 by Sunshine

[Roy Challen]

Great set of pics 👌 

[Space Hopper]

Some great shots there 👍🏼 @Sunshine

[LukeTheNuke]

Lovely pics, and your enthusiasm is lovely too! 😎

[ONIKKINEN]

These images capture the feeling of looking straight up during the auroral display very well. Almost like the sky is splitting in half, i wonder if that's just an illusion in the sense that when looking straight up there is the least amount of atmosphere in the way and so it looks like there are holes in the sky.

[Sunshine]

34 minutes ago, ONIKKINEN said:

These images capture the feeling of looking straight up during the auroral display very well. Almost like the sky is splitting in half, i wonder if that's just an illusion in the sense that when looking straight up there is the least amount of atmosphere in the way and so it looks like there are holes in the sky.

Good point, perhaps this is true!

[Nakedgun]

3 hours ago, ONIKKINEN said:

These images capture the feeling of looking straight up during the auroral display very well. Almost like the sky is splitting in half, i wonder if that's just an illusion in the sense that when looking straight up there is the least amount of atmosphere in the way and so it looks like there are holes in the sky.

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Your location relative to the center of the north magnetic field, I think, is producing this effect for you and Sunshine. Energy from the Sun's flare is channeled down those field lines, concentrated on the center. Would love to experience it for myself, sometime.

 

 

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[Sunshine]

5 hours ago, Nakedgun said:

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Your location relative to the center of the north magnetic field, I think, is producing this effect for you and Sunshine. Energy from the Sun's flare is channeled down those field lines, concentrated on the center. Would love to experience it for myself, sometime.

 

 

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Interesting, what struck me most about the display I witnessed was it’s rippling and pulsing quality. Having seen countless Aurora videos online I was expecting very slow movement, if any. What I saw was pulsing almost like one would see from distant lightning on the horizon, ripples would slowly appear then pulse in brightness while indulating. It was far more quick and animated than I expected.

[Bivanus]

Since the aurora is an energy driven event, the 'fast and furious' flares produce lively displays. I also suspect the colours to be dependent of the excitation level of the particles , lots of reds and mauve and pink appeared as opposed to the more traditional green-blue hues. Of course, this are educated guesses.

 

[Steve Ward]

1 hour ago, Bivanus said:

Since the aurora is an energy driven event, the 'fast and furious' flares produce lively displays. I also suspect the colours to be dependent of the excitation level of the particles , lots of reds and mauve and pink appeared as opposed to the more traditional green-blue hues. Of course, this are educated guesses.

 

[bosun21]

Lovely photos of the Aurora @Sunshine. I went to bed at 1am and missed it. At least I saw it the previous night.