Strange auroral shape
Taken by Ragnar Johnskås on December 17, 2018 @
Longyearbyen, SVALBARD
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Exposure Time: 6/1
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 2000
Date Taken: 2018:12:19 15:53:47
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On the 17th of December I was on a visit to Svalbard photographing the northern lights. I had been shooting 6 photos in a sequence, using 6 second exposures, 2000 ASA at F:1,8. Checking my photos on the screen I was almost astonished to see on all the six photos a strange auroral shape with some kind of pillars in green and orange on top of a more common aurora in the Constellation Cassiopeia. Studying the photos, it seems evident that the pillars must have been at a lower altitude than the common aurora, and it had almost not moved at all during the 36 Seconds, while the normal aurora had moved a great deal. I also could not remember to have seen the strange pillars with my naked eyes.
32 Seconds later I shot a new sequence of photos towards the same area of the sky, but now the strange shape was totally gone. Still, strangely, in the corner of the first photo of sequence 2, you can see something that looks like an Electric discharge of energy that I have shot during thunderstorms. I leave four photos: Photo 1 and photo 2 in sequence1 and photo 1 in sequence 2. I also leave an old photo I have taken during a thunderstorm.
Have anybody seen anything like this ? I would love to get an explanation !
My email is: Ragnar.johnskaas@gmail.com
Photographer's website:
http://www.nordlysjegere.no/
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