Out at the Aurora Borealis w/ Mach-E! Post Yours

[ChasingCoral]

Hey @Mach-Lee , @Reiko , and all other science types. Is there any special precautions to take for the Mach-E's or EVSE's with this forecast for 2 more days?

Honestly, you're not likely to see any impact on the Mach E or EVSE as long as you stay below 700,000'

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[AliRafiee]

 

[Mach1E]

I’m super jealous. Never seen them and apparently people even saw them in Florida near me last night!!

Didn’t hear about it until today.

 

[MellowJohnny]

Those are some fabulous shots!

We had cloudy skies both days....

Went to Iceland to see them as well...cloudy skies both days.

As they say at the carnival, better luck next time, kid!

 

[Ford Motor Company]

St. Croix state park, Minnesota

Amazing shots, thanks for sharing!

 

[billy_at]

These photos are amazing. Do you see the colors with the naked eye, or do they only show up in a long exposure photo?

 

[Mach1E]

These photos are amazing. Do you see the colors with the naked eye, or do they only show up in a long exposure photo?

Every video or picture I’ve seen on the subject seems to say the same thing:

They don’t look like that in person.

Example-


Here is an example of a 15 second camera exposure vs 1 frame of the photo (closer to what our eyes see):

 

[B177y]

These photos are amazing. Do you see the colors with the naked eye, or do they only show up in a long exposure photo?

My photos are brighter and more colorful than what I saw with my naked eye.

That said, I took pictures because what I was seeing in person was AMAZING! The colors were 100% visible and the formations were stunning, just not as bright as the pictures come out. There were a few times where the patterns started to move so quickly that it felt like we were moving. Where I was watching, the colors and patterns were visible from directly overhead all the way to the north, west, and east horizons. Picture a half of an open umbrella that extended to the horizon. We called the formation above us the "belly button" because it looked like everything emanated from there radially to the horizon.

It was without exaggeration the most incredible thing I have ever seen. It lasted about 2 hours. My entire family was really bummed that there was no encore on Saturday night after the space forecast had predicted a high likelihood that it would return. By the afternoon, the forecast kinda fizzled, and by the time it got dark, we were outside of the aurora zone.

Barring another freak CME event, I doubt I'll get to see anything like it again.

 

[Mach-Lee]

My photos are brighter and more colorful than what I saw with my naked eye.

That said, I took pictures because what I was seeing in person was AMAZING! The colors were 100% visible and the formations were stunning, just not as bright as the pictures come out. There were a few times where the patterns started to move so quickly that it felt like we were moving. Where I was watching, the colors and patterns were visible from directly overhead all the way to the north, west, and east horizons. Picture a half of an open umbrella that extended to the horizon. We called the formation above us the "belly button" because it looked like everything emanated from there radially to the horizon.

It was without exaggeration the most incredible thing I have ever seen. It lasted about 2 hours. My entire family was really bummed that there was no encore on Saturday night after the space forecast had predicted a high likelihood that it would return. By the afternoon, the forecast kinda fizzled, and by the time it got dark, we were outside of the aurora zone.

Barring another freak CME event, I doubt I'll get to see anything like it again.

Yeah you can see hints of the colors with your naked eyes, but a long exposure photograph really brings it out.

I actually got some realtime video of the aurora moving for 5+ minutes. Grainy as hell but it's cool. You could actually see things lighting up, fading away and moving with your own eyes. Really cool when it fills up your whole vision like an IMAX movie.

I stood out in my driveway for probably 3-4 hours watching it after midnight. Haven't seen the aurora really since the last events in 2003-2005.

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