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Correct Tony, they are a royal
pain. Most of the time they don't do much and aren't worth photographing. They
just hang around to the north, lighting up the sky with huge amounts of airglow
turning astrophotos green and reducing contrast. It gets really annoying after
driving an hour out of town, time and time again to shoot cool stuff like
sh2-216 only to be hooped by high levels of airglow, or to just turn around and
go home. On the rare occasion that they really flare up and are worthy of a
piece of film, usually the widest angle lens I have with me is my Schmidt
camera! <g> After an active show, the sky stays bright for a day or two.
You can't look through it, shoot through it or accurately predict it. However,
when the show is good, it is awesome! I just wish we could turn it off when we
are finished looking at it. On the bright side, this current 'season' should be
over in 2-3 years....
Nice shot Brian! I haven't
thought of mosaicing aurora before, interesting idea and nicely done. Is that
'Nessie' floating in the lake?
John Mirtle
Calgary, Ab. Canada
(snow everywhere, and -11 degrees
tonight....)
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