Aurora can be faint, so much so that it is only detectable by long-exposures. In this timelapse,
normal light pollution at left gives way to a reddish Aurora, over the beautiful Boreal forest in
northern Canada.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds.
…which strobe, creep, and flow in the night sky. The continuation of another clip. High Cirrus,
highlighted in red by normal light pollution from one of the most northern towns of Alberta, stand
against the bright green of the northern lights. It is likely coincidence that makes the clouds and
Aurora seem connected in some ways at parts of the sky. There is no ground horizon shown exempt for a
small outline of trees in the bottom-right of the frame.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
7 seconds and 27 frames.
… which strobe, creep, and flow in the night sky. Comprised of charged particles, the lights are
playing on the magnetism of the Earth. Mid-level stratus clouds are lit by town lights far away. Long
exposures and low ‘coma’ (comatic aberration).
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
30 seconds and 15 frames.
The beautiful Northern Lights, slow and lingering in the sky due to a little bit weaker solar
activity from prior discharges of the sun. Peaceful over the Boreal forest in northern Canada.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds.
A small portion of the frame has the mountains silhouetted on the Northern Lights. The other roughly
95 percent of the frame comprises stars. The Aurora flash stochastically as the long exposures span
the length of time that the light intensifies and dims.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
7 seconds and 21 frames.
The view over sub-arctic woods at night. One of the last areas this far north with any significant
light pollution (man-made light that has a significant impact on the darkness of the night), the
Northern Lights are observable in the distant thermosphere, around 65 miles above the Earth. This
clip contains the lowest amount of transforming aurora in the entire collection.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
7 seconds and 65 frames.
A towering complex of clouds at sunrise, with the sun outside the frame. The point of view is angled
steeply upward and southerly. Where the sun glows in amber and gold on the clouds exposed to its light,
both delicate outer edges of denser towering clouds and nebulous areas from later in convection are
brightly illuminated. Almost certain is the probability these clouds will produce rain later in the
day.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 24 frames.