But let's take it from the beginning: Yesterday was a cloudy day in Tromsø. Thick, grey clouds, rain showers, strong wind... so it looked far from promising. Meanwhile, every northern light website and facebook groups were building up the expectations towards the night, and I talked to some aurora junkies about their plans for the night.
"Maybe I will stay at home"
That was the main thought: although the activity was looking great, weather was very discouraging. And we are still warming up, not totally crazy yet about every green hint in the sky.
Suddenly, the skies started clearing up, and we all got rid of our mental rust, got our equipment and headed out to get what looked like the best show ever. The Aurora Ovation showed extremely high energy values, up to 95GW (we could say that 1-10 is low, 10-20 mid, 20-30 mid-high and above 30 is just high. More than 50GW is just very strong).
On the way to a good photo spot, we just saw cars parked in all sort of places: luckily, we all try to respect each other (although we sometimes have worse experiences), and everyone could find a good spot. For about an hour, the show was amazing: non-stop crowns and curtains, in all shapes and colors, and the sky had a constant green haze, telling us not to leave.
The main show was over by about 23:30, so we went back home to enjoy the second part of the northern light shooting: sorting out the pictures! This shot is just but one of the hundreds I will have to sort... as everyone else that was out last night!
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| ISO 2500, F=2.8, 3.2 seconds exposure time |
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