Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
21-01-2005, 19:56
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Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
Did anybody else just see this:
This is the first time I've ever seen the Northern Lights, and here they are on my doorstep, not half an hour ago.
I guess you will have to have been in the northern half of the UK to have stood a chance, and probably in Scotland.
The picture was taken with my 4mpixel Minolta Dimage, in case any camera buffs are interested - manual setting, 15 seconds exposure, f4.6 - and balanced on an iron railing, seeing as my tripod is still packed somewhere!
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21-01-2005, 19:59
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Re: Aurora!
Fantastic!!
You were lucky indeed to have seen this rare and beautiful sight.
Nice picture too.
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21-01-2005, 19:59
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Re: Aurora!
When I saw the thread title, I thought you were on about this, lol.
As for the Northern Lights...never seen them, but they are something I would like to see sometime.
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21-01-2005, 20:01
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Re: Aurora!
Great pic Chris T 
You were indeed very lucky to witness such a brilliant sight.
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21-01-2005, 20:02
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Re: Aurora!
You just better hope you don't wake up blind in the morning 
No I've never seen anything like this down here  sure looks nice tho.
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21-01-2005, 20:02
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Re: Aurora!
I can only imagine your thoughts on seeing that, Chris - how absolutely awesome 
- thanks for sharing
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21-01-2005, 20:03
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Re: Aurora!
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Originally Posted by Matt D
When I saw the thread title, I thought you were on about this, lol.
As for the Northern Lights...never seen them, but they are something I would like to see sometime. |
Wups ... good point, thread title edited ... 
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21-01-2005, 20:05
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Re: Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
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21-01-2005, 20:12
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Re: Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
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well, I'm glad I wasn't imagining it! When I first saw it, it was all green and I took it for high cloud reflecting the very bright moonlight. Then, to my astonishment, patches of it started to turn deep red.
Here's a couple more piccies:
The frustrating thing is, by the time I got the camera sorted out, the display was well past its best. The long exposure has allowed the camera to 'see' a lot more than was visible to the naked eye at the time I took the pictures.
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21-01-2005, 20:36
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Re: Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
Seems to be lime green at Aviemore:
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather...ore/index.html
0 degrees is due North. Shame about the cloud.
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21-01-2005, 21:19
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Re: Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
Those pictures are amazing.
You were really lucky to see such a lovely sight.
Its great you got it on camera too.
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21-01-2005, 21:26
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Re: Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
Yeah - thanks for taking the time to post the pics Chris - they are amazing. Another item to put on the 'list of things to see' list!
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21-01-2005, 22:34
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Re: Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
WOW!!!
Where abouts were you?
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21-01-2005, 22:36
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Re: Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
Cloudy here where I am may go Bacup's little observatory thing in the remote areas later...
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21-01-2005, 22:44
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Re: Aurora! (The Northern Lights)
Wow. That must have been amazing. Like they say, The best things in life are free
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