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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Milky Way and Airglow Illuminate the Teton Range | |
I have just returned from a family vacation to the Tetons and Yellowstone, my first ever trip to these locations. The last night of our stay, June 23rd, my son and I got up at 2 AM to take Milky Way images. We set up on the southern end of Jackson Lake. We wanted to find an angle that would put the Milky Way over the Tetons, but it was too far south and the mountains run south and north of us, so we decided to try to get star reflections in the water.
We have very little experience in PPing milky way images, so please bear that in mind. Our little photo excursion lasted 2 hours and in every image we took there was a green glow. We did not know about the aurora projections for that night. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DID NOT SEE ANY GREEN GLOW TO OUR EYES. The glow only showed up in our images. We figure that the lighter glow on the horizon is light pollution from the town of Jackson. And my original thought, before we knew about the aurora display, was that the green was light pollution also. Now that we know about the aurora that was taken as far south as Colorado, could this be aurora? Please bear in mind that we are looking SOUTH. I would think that to view an aurora, one would need to look to the north or northwest. I have NEVER seen an aurora, so IDK that much about what to expect or see.
This image is a photo merge of two images. I had cut off part of the teton range (cut Mount Moran off) so I took two images to get the entire range. This caused the more squarish look, which I cropped to a 4x5 ratio. I did do a levels adjustment for just the stars (Kuyper) to make them pop a little more. As I was performing curves and curves midrange adjustments the colors intensified some. I did not enhance the colors via normal vibrance or saturation adjustments.
Taken with the Nikon D610, Rokinon 14mm at f2.8 for 25 seconds and 3200 ISO. Yes, you can see some pebbles under the water at the lower left corner. They were illuminated with lights from a campground bathroom that was about 100 yards behind us. We did not realize that the light would have an effect.
Any comments are welcome. It is how I learn. And to repeat the question, can the green glow be aurora? And is it possible to see aurora when looking to the south? Thanks!
Edited on Jun 25, 2015 at 06:21 AM · View previous versions
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