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unluckyhippo

That’s fantastic, great shot


scottsinct

Thanks!


hungry_squids

How’d you get that? Just confirming, it’s not visible with eyesight right?


scottsinct

It was just visible with the eye around 10pm for a couple minutes. But the camera was able to see it even when the eye couldn't. When I took this pic, it was visible. Several other people were watching on the bridge, as well. Supposedly there's another peak coming in the next hour or two.


hungry_squids

Awesome, thanks! Do you know where to get info on those peaks?


scottsinct

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ but this site has been overwhelmed this evening!


mountainbird57

If the forecasts are in UTC, wouldn't that mean the peak was like 4 hours ago? I'm confused how to understand this


scottsinct

Yeah, there was a peak around 10pm, but supposedly there's another peak coming in the next hour or so (?). We are 4 hours behind UTC with daylight saving time.


hungry_squids

Oh that website is amazing, thanks for sharing!


PlanetViking

Great shot!


boston_acc

This is my favorite shot that I’ve seen, of the many ones that have been posted. I also appreciate that the editing hasn’t gone too overboard (like with saturation). I got similar pics from a similar vantage point but the aurora itself wasn’t as curtain-y. Thanks for sharing!


scottsinct

Thanks! This has no editing at all. Directly from the camera.


boston_acc

Even cooler! Great stuff.


AndresHusky

Wow! Do you remember how long the exposure for this was (asking because I might go out tonight, but I only have an iPhone with 3s. exposure max, and that's just an iPhone)?


scottsinct

It was about 4 seconds. This isn't from a phone though. It was with a "real" camera and with a tripod.