While out on a trip, I frantically drove 160 miles to the nearest location of forecast clear skies by midnight. Aurora started early, and the first flareup was great, with dancing curtains up nearly 70° into the sky. Was nearly 100° wide, and my 14 mm lens couldn't even begin to capture it, don't think an 11 could have.
Captured with Canon R5, and Sigma 28 Art. Field-stitched in the dark last night, apologies for any errors.
-Jeff
EDIT: Now that I'm home and can see, you can indeed make out the pink tint on the clouds to the south! Nearly 180° pano, so all the clouds on the right are what I ran from (was in Valley of the Gods prior).
Canon EOS R528mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 019 lens28mmf/1.825s2000 ISO0.0 EV
Can't really see it in this sequence (although, perhaps you can, I have a face full of sun at the moment), but the aurora was casting a pink tinge on the clouds to the south, never seen that before.
Tom_W wrote:
That is awesome. I saw that the reach of this solar event was going to be pretty big, but not THAT big!
Right? Pretty much a worldwide event save for the equator to lower latitudes. I read that it was the biggest event since 2003, but not sure if that's true, or just clickbait hyperbole. It was something to see, I couldn't believe how high up in the sky it went, my 14mm set near the horizon couldn't get the width, nor the height. By the time I had re-tooled to shoot a two-row sky with the 28mm, that first wave started to dissipate and I missed the curtains.
p.1 #11 · Aurora from San Rafael Swell, UT 4/23/23
Thanks, Mark! It was indeed something to witness, having never been 'north' to see the real thing. My wife and I have a 36-hour layover in Iceland in September, so I'll definitely be crossing fingers for that one!
p.1 #12 · Aurora from San Rafael Swell, UT 4/23/23
Jeff wrote:
Thanks, Mark! It was indeed something to witness, having never been 'north' to see the real thing. My wife and I have a 36-hour layover in Iceland in September, so I'll definitely be crossing fingers for that one!
September is arguably the best time of year for Aurora in Iceland (skies dark enough, but very reliable weather at least by Iceland standards). Good luck!
p.1 #13 · Aurora from San Rafael Swell, UT 4/23/23
mb126 wrote:
September is arguably the best time of year for Aurora in Iceland (skies dark enough, but very reliable weather at least by Iceland standards). Good luck!
That's good to hear, hopefully the weather will work out!
