skypointer2000
Lightshow
I was asked by one of my followers to publish some aurora captures taken from the flight deck.
Flying short haul in Europe unfortunately does not give me many opportunities to see auroras. I therefore checked the images from my good old long haul days and found this shot.
It is not very good (this might qualify as the understatement of the century), as it was taken with a point and shoot camera, whose tiny and insensitive sensor led to extreme noise.
I had to expose for 60 seconds to record anything. Even though the ride was quite smooth when I took this image, the long exposure from a fast moving jetliner, prone to aerodynamic oscillations called Dutch Roll, led to very distorted stars.
I decided to publish this image because it gives a rough impression of the stunning light display we enjoyed that night while approaching Hudson Bay:
A green and red aurora filled a good part of the night sky and flashes lit up a huge thunderstorm raging southwest of the small town Churchill, whose lights can be seen on the horizon. The zigzagging lights were produced by a faster airplane, cruising 1000ft below us. They show the mentioned aerodynamic oscillation very well.
Lightshow
I was asked by one of my followers to publish some aurora captures taken from the flight deck.
Flying short haul in Europe unfortunately does not give me many opportunities to see auroras. I therefore checked the images from my good old long haul days and found this shot.
It is not very good (this might qualify as the understatement of the century), as it was taken with a point and shoot camera, whose tiny and insensitive sensor led to extreme noise.
I had to expose for 60 seconds to record anything. Even though the ride was quite smooth when I took this image, the long exposure from a fast moving jetliner, prone to aerodynamic oscillations called Dutch Roll, led to very distorted stars.
I decided to publish this image because it gives a rough impression of the stunning light display we enjoyed that night while approaching Hudson Bay:
A green and red aurora filled a good part of the night sky and flashes lit up a huge thunderstorm raging southwest of the small town Churchill, whose lights can be seen on the horizon. The zigzagging lights were produced by a faster airplane, cruising 1000ft below us. They show the mentioned aerodynamic oscillation very well.