the viewing deck: Northern Lights in Tromso (Sommaroy) 2024

Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Northern Lights in Tromso (Sommaroy) 2024

My 2024's First Trip on my quest to go beyond #lakbay100... Jan. 28 to Feb. 26, 2024

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My last adventure on my quest to visit all Seven Natural Wonders of the World (2015-2024)

Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis is a natural phenomenon that can paint the night sky with unearthly, surreal color. To observers at far-northern latitudes, they're a frequent occurrence, but many who live in more temperate climates have never seen them, even though they're sometimes seen as far south as 35 degrees north latitude. The Northern Lights usually circle the globe in a circular or elliptical "oval" centered on the earth's North Magnetic Pole, which is not at the same location as the North Geographic Pole, but rather is slightly offset in the direction of northern Canada. This oval is known as the "aurora oval". Aurora displays aren't strongest at the North Magnetic Pole; the area of greatest aurora activity is usually right under the aurora oval, which changes dynamically according to how the solar wind is flowing on any particular night

https://wikitravel.org/en/Northern_Lights#:~:text=The%20Northern%20Lights%20usually%20circle,as%20the%20%22aurora%20oval%22.

How to Photograph Aurora with a Smart Phone

https://www.auroracourses.eu/northernlightsphotography

ISO - Set your ISO to 1,600 or higher to make sure the image is bright enough.

Shutter Speed - 10 seconds or longer—this gives the light more opportunity to be captured on film.

Exposure - Adjust to lower, as too much light might wash out the stars and auroras in the sky.

Focus - focus to infinity so that all elements in the sky are crisp and in focus.