Auroras while on a plane
Taken by Jun Lao on January 7, 2015 @
Flying at around 30,000+ feet on a plane northwest of Anchorage, Alaska
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7000
Exposure Time: 10/10
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: 6400
Date Taken: 2015:01:09 09:23:54
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I had the good fortune being on a Delta Airlines flight from Tokyo to Detroit on Wednesday on Jan. 7, and had an economy window seat on the left. At around 7 a.m. EST, I looked out the window and noticed some diffuse light to the plane's north and east that was above the wing of the plane. I took out my Nikon D7000 and took images with a fixed 50 mm lens set at f/2 at ISO 3200-6400 and clicked away - they turned out green - aurora borealis! At that time, the plane was flying northwest of Anchorage, Alaska in what I believe was about 3 a.m. Alaskan Standard Time. The display changed quite rapidly (and probably due to the plane also moving east).
I then set the camera exposure to 1 second at ISO 6400. What I thought was a nice green curtain display then developed into a pretty strong display at around 9 a.m. EST. At that point, you could see sheets that were visibly greenish white to the eye, with some columns being a strong white. As the display started to fade and the sky was turning lighter, the plane lights went on for the crew to serve the "midnight" snack.
I sat at the back of the wing of the 747, so you'll see parts of the wing in the images. I processed some of the images in Photoshop Elements to reduce the stray light and bring out the aurora from the background. All images were captured while holding the camera by hand and trying to block the rest of the window with a blanket or with my body.
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