Tom,
What beautiful pictures and videos. It looks like it was quite a trip.
Bernard
-----Original Message-----
From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Polakis
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:34 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Northern Lights from Iceland
Jenn and I are back from our 13-day circuit of the Ring Road in Iceland. We
scheduled the trip for late September in order to get some darkness in hopes of
seeing the Northern Lights. The sky was cloudy and aurorae were inactive for
the first nine nights, but the tenth brought small sucker holes and good
activity. The twelfth night was very transparent, and the display was beyond
any expectations.
Still photos are here, mostly taken from near the beautiful Snæfellsjökull
glacier.
http://www.pbase.com/polakis/iceland_aurora
The brightness at the base of the curtain in the last photo occurred about 10
percent of the time, and completely overwhelmed even 1st magnitude stars. This
brightest band would migrate across the sky, exhibiting impossible twisting and
swirling motions in living color. We agreed that this sight beats a total
solar eclipse. Rather than flail away at an explanation, the best way to show
it is with "real-time" video shot with a f/1.4 lens and ISO 25600. I can't
decide if my favorite is the flickering vertical bands, the twisting rope, or
the raining from the sky.
Four videos are on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIt865PJwF0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PctUSrRZRoM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onv-nN78e7c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVUqIjvDZXU
Tom
--
See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send
personal replies to the author, not the list.
--
See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please
send personal replies to the author, not the list.
