Aurora Borealis and SAR Arc Southern Arizona
Taken by Betsy Burke on October 11, 2024 @
Kofa NWR, AZ, U.S.A.
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Camera Used: SONY DSC-RX100M7
Exposure Time: 20/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 1600
Date Taken: 2024:10:11 06:10:45
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I drove to the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge which has super dark skies. It started with a SAR arc which I didn't know was there until I photographed it and then at 9:45 P.M. columns appeared to the naked eye and burst moving from East to West, and then it went back to a SAR arc. I was about to leave, but I thought I'd take one last picture next to a Saguaro cactus, and right then at 12:15 A.M. the sky just exploded with red color and moving pillars and I could totally see it with my own eyes and I cheered out loud in the middle of the desert. This is my second time seeing them really move with the naked eye, fourth photographing them this year. I used a SONY RX100 VII, ISO 800 during when the moon was up and after it set I took shots around ISO 1250 to ISO 1600 at f/2.8, for 20 sec. I brightened these in Lightroom and Photoshop.
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