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- The simple answer is because human eyes can't see the relatively "faint" colors of the aurora at night. Human eyes have cones and rods — the cones work during the day and the rods work at night.
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Nov 22, 2013 · Images of auroras captured by photographer Mike Taylor show that what the eye sees (top) lack the color and vibrancy of the true colors revealed by a camera (below).
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- What You See Versus What Cameras Capture
While observing the aurora, or northern lights, is a truly awe-inspiring and often breathtaking experience, the images that come out of modern day DSLR cameras may not match what you witness in real life. Or even your cell phone. Especially if you live below about 50 degrees N. latitude, as I do in Unity, Maine. I’ve photographed many colors in the...
I’ve heard from folks who have visited or lived in areas such as Alaska, Norway or higher northerly latitudes. Where they live, the aurora is usually overhead, not on the horizon. So, the colors of an aurora are easily seen with the unaided eye. Also, I made the attached graphic (below) to show what I mean. Because these three photographs exemplify...
I generally set the white balance on my camera at Kelvin 3450 to 3570 when shooting the features of the night sky. But I will also take a few frames with it set on auto to see what colors the camera thinks it should be capturing. Most times I end up going with the Kelvin setting, which is a little bit on the cool/blue side of the spectrum. The EXIF...
I saw “dancing lights” in the sky, spiking straight up starting around 100 feet (30 meters) off the ground. They waved a bit like curtains but stayed in basically the same area. They seemed to be kind of a blur though, and the “spikes” were not very defined. There was definitely a green hue on the horizon and a bit of red color above that. But I di...
The most impressive oval I’ve ever seen, a perfect arc which covered the Northern sky’s horizon. The tallest and most crisp “spikes” I’ve witnessed, reaching all the way to the stars. Again, I saw definite green around the oval at the horizon but the spikes themselves were white/grey. And not the intense red that my camera captured.
The intensity of the aurora always ebbs and flows, sometimes it is quite strong and other times it is mild. If you can see a simple glow or swirling lights on the horizon and/or “spikes” shooting into the sky that look like spotlights and/or “curtains” of light, pay attention and/or be patient. The display can last just a few minutes, a half hour o...
Thus, the human eye views the northern lights generally in faint colors and as shades of grey and white. While DSLR camera sensors don’t have the same limitation as our eyes. Couple that fact with long exposure times and high ISO settings of modern cameras, and it’s quite evident that the camera sensor has a much higher dynamic range of vision in t...
The colours of the northern lights are determined by a number of factors: the composition of gases in Earth's atmosphere. the altitude where the aurora occurs. the density of the atmosphere. the level of energy involved.
Jun 23, 2023 · Here we learn what causes the different colors in the aurora borealis (northern lights) and the aurora australis (southern lights).
Aug 12, 2024 · A brand new and exciting piece of imaging technology has captured the first ever 'hyperspectral' image of the Northern Lights, showing in detail every color that occurs in its glittering light display.
Jul 23, 2024 · Discover everything there is to know about the northern lights, including how they form, where they can be seen and what causes their colors.
May 10, 2024 · Today, we call these lights the aurora: the aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere, and the aurora australis in the southern hemisphere. Nowadays, we understand aurorae are caused by...
