Shooting info:
Real time video of northern lights on oct. 18th in Tromsų, Norway.
Shot with a Sony A7S and Rokinon 24mm T1.5 at 25600 iso with no noise reduction applied.
p.1 #4 · Amazing Aurora Borealis video with Sony A7S
Michael H wrote:
Pretty incredible. As one who has never seen the Northern Lights...do they move around like the video shows? That quick (or slow?) of a movement?
p.1 #8 · Amazing Aurora Borealis video with Sony A7S
Michael H wrote:
Pretty incredible. As one who has never seen the Northern Lights...do they move around like the video shows? That quick (or slow?) of a movement?
They really do, but you don't usually see the colors quite like that, especially for me at 47° N. They really do dance!
p.1 #9 · Amazing Aurora Borealis video with Sony A7S
arduluth wrote:
They really do, but you don't usually see the colors quite like that, especially for me at 47° N. They really do dance!
Cool. Thanks. I lived in Washington state years ago, but don't recall ever seeing anything distinct enough. I recall some slight glowing that I thought -might- have been the lights, but...
One thing for sure...not going to see anything from my 34-degree position!
p.1 #11 · Amazing Aurora Borealis video with Sony A7S
Calgary's @ 51 deg. And I've seen it here a number of times, it really depends on solar activity, the stronger the solar storm(solar eruption directed towards earth) the more impressive and further south the display will be. http://www.softservenews.com
p.1 #16 · Amazing Aurora Borealis video with Sony A7S
I've lived at 61 deg and visited all the way up to 71 deg N, the borealis is crazy vibrant and active when its really cold. It hisses and pops in addition to the visual show, awesome stuff.
p.1 #17 · Amazing Aurora Borealis video with Sony A7S
Crazy stuff. I have been to Finland a couple of times for aurora. While I have seen lights almost as strong during the trip, I have never seen it moving that quickly (In fact maybe 5x-20x slower) . I thought that video was a timelapse!
p.1 #19 · Amazing Aurora Borealis video with Sony A7S
In simplified terms: The surface of the sun is made up of charged, fast-moving particles. Moving charges produce magnetic fields. The surface is a sea of magnetic storms. Once in a while a storm ejects a burst of particles (ions) in our direction.
Fortunately, the earth's magnetic field deflects most of the burst of ions. [Otherwise, no life on earth. ] But around the magnetic poles, some of the ions spiral in - knocking electrons out of the gases in the upper atmosphere. The electrons quickly recombine with the gases, emitting light.
The popping noise is akin to electronic static. Or micro-miniature burst of lightening.
For, the worry worts in the crowd: In the 1850's there was a massive burst (coronal mass ejection) that the earth's magnetic field could not deflect. It wiped out most of the telegraph service. The next one this size, will destroy satellites and wireless telecommunication. Dont worry - just keep some uv-5000000 suntan lotion on hand.
p.1 #20 · Amazing Aurora Borealis video with Sony A7S
felixj wrote:
Crazy stuff. I have been to Finland a couple of times for aurora. While I have seen lights almost as strong during the trip, I have never seen it moving that quickly (In fact maybe 5x-20x slower) . I thought that video was a timelapse!
I've been living in Finland for nearly 40 years and I have seen such movement only three times. Auroras I have seen dozens of times.
] But around the magnetic poles, some of the ions spiral in - knocking electrons out of the gases in the upper atmosphere. The electrons quickly recombine with the gases, emitting light.