SAR
Taken by Dennis Mammana on September 12, 2024 @
Borrego Springs, California, USA
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D750
Exposure Time: 13/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 1250
Date Taken: 2024:09:12 04:44:16
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Details:
This morning I caught an SAR (stable auroral red arc) peeking over the northern horizon. It's rare for such phenomena to occur in the skies over Southern California's Anza-Borrego Desert, but they can show up when there's a strong geomagnetic storm in progress.
Though it was not visible to the eye, the camera sure picked it up. I discovered it while shooting toward the eastern sky; a reddish hue kept appearing on the left side of my wide-angle frame. I recognized it immediately and began shooting in that direction instead.
The yellowish glow that appears below the red arc is the light pollution coming from the desert communities along I-10 to our north.
Image Details:
• Date/Time: September 12, 2024 / 4:07 a.m. PDT
• Location: Borrego Springs, CA, USA
• Photo details: Nikon D750, AF-S Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8G ED lens at 14mm f/2.8, ISO 1250, 13 sec
• Processing software: Adobe Photoshop 25.12.0
Photographer's website:
https://twanight.org/profile/dennis-mammana/
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