Auroras
Taken by Alexis Kwasinski on May 11, 2024 @
10 miles SE of Painesville, OH
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS REBEL T3i
Exposure Time: 2/1
Aperture: Unavailable
ISO: 3200
Date Taken: 2024:05:15 15:06:27
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Details:
This is the second part of my images. In this second set, I included images #5 to #8, which were taken between 8:45 and 9:15 UTC on May 11th from about 10 miles SE on Painesville, OH during the second of the night and last G5 storm conditions of this event. This second set of images show, interestingly, different auroras from the first set, mostly purple and even deep blue and indigo colors, which I think are even more uncommon than intense red auroras. Both the red and the purple/blue auroras were easily observable with naked eyes, even their colors. In fact, the blue auroras looked like searchlights..... truly unbelievable. Some other details to see:
- Image #6: at the center is the "W" of Cassiopeia and to the right, to the right and down the image center, it is possible to see M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. (Image #5 also shows the W of Cassiopeia but the brightest pillar makes M31 barely visible).
- Image #7 shows the colors transitioning from deep blues to purples. The bright star at the very top and slightly to the right is Vega, which at the time was about 7 degrees from and beyond the zenith (so I am looking and up and slightly back with the zenith more or less in the center of the picture and a bit above where the blues transition into purples), thus showing that the auroras was extending south of my location.
- Image #8 shows an interesting cloud like a flying Pokemon with aurora pillars transitioning from blue to purple behind the cloud and looking like sun rays coming out of imaginary clouds out and above the frame.
All images were taken with an unmodified Canon T3i with a 16mm lens. The images have relatively little processing, just to reduce noise (most images were taken at ISO3200) and to increase color saturation and vibrance trying to reproduce the reality as close as possible. Also I added a little contrast enhancement.
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