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Aurora madness, Ben

Aurora madness

Aurora madness, Ben

Aurora madness

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Out of all the pictures I took on Saturday 11th of May, I somehow cannot get over this one ... the picket fence-like red stuff on the left, the STEVE-like ribbon which showed us astounding ripples and fast-moving changes, the amount of auroral stuff all over the sky (keeping in mind my latitude was 43 degrees south!), the unbelievable curvy colours (inc. orange?!) that are borderline oversaturated out-of-camera, the fact a 14mm lens was nowhere near ultra-wide enough, etc ...
And yes some of the photos are a little out of focus, as I forgot the AF was still on ... 

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Description: Yep, in the excitement I not only forgot to switch off the AF, but also forgot to gaffer tape the zoom ring to avoid the lens element from sliding when pointing the camera straight up!

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Description: The orangey ribbon was spotted north of Christchurch and looking very much like a STEVE embedded in all this yummy redness.

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Description: A bit of Starlink just to add to the frenzy of the moment

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Description: Partner and I enjoying the show

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