What if Red auroras were the new normal?
Taken by Rayann Elzein on October 13, 2020 @
Utsjoki, Finnish Lapland
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Exposure Time: 13/1
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 4000
Date Taken: 2020:10:14 01:46:20
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After last night's red auroras, I had a feeling that we might get lucky tonight again if the conditions are still the same, and that I really didn't want to miss it. How right was I!
The northern lights appeared this time out of nowhere (no prolonged negative Bz contrary to the night before), and immediately, I noticed that the green layer was topped by another red layer! The red is very faint if not indistinguishable to the naked eye, but the camera reveals it extremely well, which remains an extremely rare event.
Or is it that rare? After two consecutive nights of red auroras, I am secretly hoping they will become the new normal!
Also, it appears that the Orionid meteor shower is just around the corner! In about 30 minutes, I saw no less than 5 meteors streaking through the sky. Sadly, none of them on a picture.
What a night again here in Utsjoki, just under 70°N at the very far north of Finnish Lapland!
For the technical photography bits: these pictures are truly what my camera captured. No over-editing of any kind was used, except actually for applying a -15 setting on both Vibrance and Saturation in Lightroom, as otherwise the RAW files from my camera displayed incredible amounts of colour.
Photographer's website:
https://rez-photography.com
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