#Aurora last night from 30 min east of #Seattle. Absolutely stunning for hours! Such an amazing shared experience we all got to have (irl and as a shining example of the global #mastodon community). 💚🩷💜♥️
So this is the place that I first stopped to photograph the aurora. I could easily see the vertical column structures while driving down the highway! I didn't stay here long because some residents turned on a bunch of lights & came out with barking dogs &c. I moved to a spot further away. Wish I could have stayed at this location because the railroad people were assembling the train & I may have captured some interesting lights of moving trains.
I want Aurora and all of these gorgeous photos and moments of awe to remind us that we live on a delicate planet, hurling through space, and that this planet is our shared home and ours to nurture. I want us to remember how it renewed our connection, curiosity, presence and morale.
“There’s no place like home,” she said. “There’s no place like home.” 🌎
Adding my contribution to all the amazing images from the auroras last night. I had seen auroras over the years but never anything like this. At times, the entire sky was glowing and dancing, from the zenith to the horizon on 360 degrees!
Timelapse of 6s images, 14 mm, f/4, iso 1600. Processed with #DarkTable & assembled with #ffmpeg.
My fascination with globular clusters is two ways: their compact form and brightness is mesmerizing; their composition is astronomically intriguing and fascinating.
We have found variable stars, neutron stars and it’s even hypothesized that medium sized black holes could be at their cores.
Well that was really quite marvellous. The best southern aurora I've ever seen, and from Daylesford in Victoria no less. Wonderful to join in the fun this evening.
We were not prepared at all, just happened to step outside during our food photography workshop as things were kicking off and I got to share it with Shellie and our group :)