Part-time prevaricator
The aurora data looked pretty decent last night, but I was tired. So I set up a camera in the spare bedroom, pointed east, and let it click away.
I ended up with 3000+ images in a bit over 4 hours. The timelapse video below is, as usual, 60× normal speed, so that 1 second of video is 1 minute of real time.
The aurora was everywhere. These photos are taken facing in all directions.
The top photo is a 7‑image panorama, facing due west. The photos of the trains passing are both facing south.
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Not even the full moon could overwhelm the northern lights tonight.
I shot until my batteries all died. I was glad I’d thought to grab a toque, but I would’ve appreciated heavier gloves, too.
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As I was going to bed last night, I took a look out the window. The forecast had said it was supposed to be partly cloudy overnight, but the sky looked pretty clear. I set up a camera in the spare room, pointed out the window, and let it snap away. I figured I’d get some star trails out of it if nothing else.
The aurora decided to make an appearance. It was just getting ramped up when my camera battery died around 2:30am, but I got a couple good shots out of it.
Oh, and the star trails turned out pretty good, too. They’re at the top, and are taken from about the first hour and a half of the evening.
The video below is the full two hours and thirty-six minutes, but it runs at 60x so that one second of video is one minute of real[1]Whatever that might mean, relativistically. time.
Footnotes
| ↑1 | Whatever that might mean, relativistically. |
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Well, it happened again.
As usual, in the timelapse below, one second of video is one minute of real time.
Thanks, Neal, for showing me a new spot, and for hanging out in the dark with me for an hour or so.
It was clear to the west, so I grabbed my camera and took a chance.
It was not clear to the north.
Once I got home, the sky to the east was clear. I set up a camera in our spare room, aimed due east, and let it click until the batteries died. Between 11:30pm and 2:30am it got these gems, plucked from almost 2000 frames.
These photos, I have to keep reminding myself, were taken inside the city. Normally I’m happy when I get light like this a few kilometres out of town, where it’s starting to get properly dark. These aurora were competing with streetlights, and winning.
Oh yeah, I also turned the 2000ish photos from the spare room into a timelapse.
Were the northern lights out last night? Yes.
Was I out last night? Also yes.
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The second night[1]First night is here. of the show was a bit tamer, and tempered by smoke in the air that amplified all the ground lights. Still, it was a good night. I spent a couple hours snapping photos with my friend Kevin.
The smoke turned the crescent moon reddish-orange, too.
Timelapse. See if you can tell when the light was strong enough that I could see it reflecting off my hi-vis vest.
I was out from about 10:30pm till about half past midnight. It was another good night.
Footnotes
| ↑1 | First night is here. |
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