Auroras
Taken by Daniel Brim on July 15, 2012 @
Saint-Felicien, Quebec, Canada
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D90
Exposure Time: 60/10
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 400
Date Taken: 2012:07:16 21:22:44
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Weekend solar storms always catch my attention. I live far enough south that they wont be over my head here, but if theres anything I know how to do, its drive long distances in short amounts of time.
When the flare occurred on Thursday night, I knew I would be driving all weekend on the off chance that I would see the aurora. I’ve made weekend aurora runs before (that have all ended in varying degrees of failure), but there’s always stuff on the way to look at too. I stopped for 3 hours at Montmorency Falls on this particular trip; photos from there will be up in a few weeks.
This photo was taken just outside of Saint-Felicien, Quebec at approximately 2:00AM. It is using the fisheye lens, so you know things were serious. The important thing to note is that the light in this photo is from Saint-Felicien, located to my southeast. The point of convergence was almost immediately over my head.
Anybody who has told you that the aurora is a dance has not seen a storm like this one. Instead of slowly evolving and undulating, this storm was pulsing. Visible to invisible, waves moving through the sky, all in fractions of seconds. It was so strong that at two separate points I could hear the pulses moving through. It had the same pitch as a strong wind gust, but quieter and the air was perfectly still. I’ll never forget it.
I will be posting more photos from this night in the coming days.
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