Northern lights. Northern Maine.
Northern lights. Northern Maine.
Schoodic National park. Nikon D810. 20mm. 2.7 aperture. 8 seconds.
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Beautiful shot, I didn't realize they were visible that far south, I've always assumed that was mainly a Canadian privilege. Did you time your travel for the shot, or was it a happy accident?
I must also ask, did you have a few steamed hams while waiting for the shot?
This was that big storm back in October, we'll get a lot of light green stuff. But it takes a big storm to get a deep red out here. This is shot an hour south of New Brunswick so not to far away!
Wow, that's fantastic! I am now all of a sudden interested in how scientists predict solar storms so I can figure out my fall/winter plans. Seeing, and if possible, photographing the Northern Lights has been on my bucket list for some time
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
Unfortunately NOAA is the program under attack by Dear Leader Mangolini. So enjoy while you can. This will pretty much give you a 24 hour heads up on the big storms, it shows the strength and the location. You'd be suprised what you can pick up if you're within 100 miles of some red spots on that map. Solar storms are hard to predict because its energy traveling from the sun at the speed of light. I'm just a photographer so hopefully we've got some science types to fill in the more technical aspects. I keep a laymans understanding of this stuff but probably not worth sharing.
Thanks for the link, that's really useful, I had no idea that existed. I also share your frustration with the current state of affairs, I don't think anyone ever saw things going this badly, this quickly