Rare Stevie Proton Arc Over N. Ireland!!!
Taken by Martin McKenna on November 5, 2023 @
Swatragh, N. Ireland
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Exposure Time: 5/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 6400
Date Taken: 2023:11:06 01:41:16
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What a show!!!, my mate Conor McDonald and I met up to watch the aurora from a location called Swatragh near a wind turbine farm. When we arrived it was cloudy, then suddenly breaks began to appear, then to our utter amazement we observed a striking phenomena. Extending from the western sky was a naked eye glowing straight beam, which passed high across the south, then into the east beside planet Jupiter where it swelled in brilliance. This was our first ever sighting of a proton arc or Stevie. We were blown away by its intensity, with the naked eye the phenomena swelled and flickered in brilliance while display delicate structures like those seen within a feather. My mate Conor likened it to a celestial funnel cloud or tornado changing form in real time which was surreal. The camera picked up vivid pink and red colours. The aurora itself was the best I've seen here since the last solar max with beams reaching beyond Polaris and extending across 120 degrees of sky rite into the east within Auriga. With the naked eye we could see green, red, orange and yellow colours with ease. The numerous rays cutting through the scattered foreground was like watching celestial swords slicing through the sky. We experienced three major outbursts which were spectacular. What a show indeed!
Photographer's website:
https://www.nightskyhunter.com
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