Welcome folks – we are in the midst of a once in a 20 plus year event with the Earth facing a G5 Multi Wave Solar Storm. It is a an exciting event leading to high to mid latitude auroras last night and potentially tonight as well
Luck has been a bit hit and miss for me – still havent managed to get my new camera as of yet (saving for it still!) but the weather here has been perfect for viewing such an interesting and beautiful space weather event here in Ireland, a place usually considerably south and out of reach of such displays
I have done the best with my iPhone 12 and a little cleanup and contrast enhancement in Luminar Neo to bring out the full camera exposure capture of the Aurora – beyond the naked eye
The little bit to know about mid latitude auroras, they are more detectable visually and intensity wise though a camera lens when compared to the naked eye so while I could see them with the naked eye which was incredible – I used a 10 second night time exposure on the iPhone to try really capture what was going on in our night sky
The beauty of energised nitrogen and oxygen molecules and seeing the light emitted when they release the energy to settle back from their excited date is immensely breath taking. I am an avid space lover myself and until now, I never had the chance to see the Aurora Borealis in real life until now…..
God – It was worth the wait!
So if you are one of the lucky ones in range to see – go out, enjoy and I hope you feel the same sense of wonder, curiosity and the scale of our scope of existence as a small part of an infinite asymmetric universe of beauty and power!
Gallery – Night of 2024 May 10th
Digital Art – Night of 2024 May 10th
Viewing Recommendation:
- Brightness Minimum: 400 nits
- Colour Profile: sRGB or Display P3
- Web Browser: Latest – Note: Gallery Photos open in new tab to prevent cropping
Information:
- Camera / Phone Used: iPhone 12 – 10 Second Exposure Shots
- Software Used: Luminar Neo
- Photograph Processing: Close to Original
- Dynamic Range & Contrast Correction / Film Grain / Panorama Stitch / Vignette
- Digital Art Processing: Structures and Time Setting Similar to Original
- Various Filter / Dynamic Range / Film Grain / Panorama Stitch / Vignette
- Various Layers with Enhanced Colour / Contrast / Lighting with Correction
- Colour Space: sRGB IEC61966-2.1 & Display P3 – 240 PPI 16 bit
- Format: JPEG on website. Lossless / Uncompressed available upon request
