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Joshua Leung
Joshua Leung
@aligorith@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Just came back inside, as the battery I had had just died. Otherwise, would still be outside watching the show fade...

But yeah, that was quite an epic show, especially when it really picked up!

Green/yellow murmuring clouds low down, purple glow, then bright bluish beams (+ a few reddish ones too). And they moved fast too!

Glad I got some nice sequences too, but dunno how well all this will look back on screen on a computer.

(Will head out again later after a shower + warmer clothes)

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Random snapshot of the aurora earlier at its peak in suburban central-ish Chch  (around 11:03)
Random snapshot of the aurora earlier at its peak in suburban central-ish Chch (around 11:03)
Random snapshot of the aurora earlier at its peak in suburban central-ish Chch (around 11:03)
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Joshua Leung
Joshua Leung
@aligorith@mastodon.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

This was about 2 minutes earlier. That bright beam is an example of something that would be *very* visible by naked eye

Suburban Chc around 11:01

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Bright lavenda-coloured beam, over a cloud of vertical reddish-blue purple beams, with a yellow-green glow down low
Bright lavenda-coloured beam, over a cloud of vertical reddish-blue purple beams, with a yellow-green glow down low
Bright lavenda-coloured beam, over a cloud of vertical reddish-blue purple beams, with a yellow-green glow down low
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Joshua Leung
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@aligorith@mastodon.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

One final one for the night as I make my way through tonight's haul

This is from when a cluster of beams suddenly appeared to the west/south-west, dancing + changing *very* rapidly.

Here's one of the more stunning snaps from that set. (Over the coming days, I'll try to put together a timelapse video of these, though I'll have to try to normalise the expose across all of them + stabilise, as it's really cool to see)

Anyway, I really should get to bed now🙈

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Vivid cluster of light purple beams above a pointed roof, while light yellow-green glow surrounds the lower sky
Vivid cluster of light purple beams above a pointed roof, while light yellow-green glow surrounds the lower sky
Vivid cluster of light purple beams above a pointed roof, while light yellow-green glow surrounds the lower sky
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