Sometimes people find the color in Aurora photos misleading, as what you see in real life oftentimes looks mostly grey. This photo from the early morning substorm on May 11th I edited specifically to look like what I saw with my own eyes. It was incredibly beautiful #photography #aurora #astro - ThreadSky

byronhurley.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Sometimes people find the color in Aurora photos misleading, as what you see in real life oftentimes looks mostly grey. This photo from the early morning substorm on May 11th I edited specifically to look like what I saw with my own eyes. It was incredibly beautiful

#photography #aurora #astro

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slamma.kweebec.dev•6 days ago

i saw this one last year and it straight up just DID look like this irl

cambrian-explorer.bsky.social•6 days ago

Usually it looks orange or red to naked eyes in my experience (it can be hard to know whether you're seeing aurora or skyglow from a nearby town, if you can't see any structure in it). A camera brings out all the colours and structure.

brickett6.bsky.social•6 days ago

it looked purple and green to me in person actually

byronhurley.bsky.social•6 days ago

It can vary pretty wildly. Orange Aurora isn't a real color showing up like the red or green or purple, it's actually the red and green overlapping, making it appear orange

I've seen the northern lights numerous times now, and usually it looks mostly gray, with some red and green

byronhurley.bsky.social•6 days ago

The early morning substorm on May 11th was a whole different beast though. Giant, towering pillars dancing across the sky, with easily visible reds, purples, and even blues showing in the upper atmosphere. Breathtaking experience

nyomdbs.bsky.social•6 days ago

Looks just as pretty as an unedited one, if you ask me. Thanks for sharing it with us ^-^

givemespacetravel.bsky.social•6 days ago

I am at quite a high latitude (32s) and when we get an aurora strong enough to see, it is a silvery grey to the unaided eye. The colours come out well on a camera though.

byronhurley.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes, they generally appear mostly grey, sometimes with hints of red and/or green, but in major events such as the one in May 10th/11th last year (when that photo was taken) sometimes the other colors become visible as well. I could see purples and blues

givemespacetravel.bsky.social•6 days ago

In that event we could see faint red with the unaided eye. The camera picked up green close to the horizon, which is unusual for us.

byronhurley.bsky.social•6 days ago

I stayed up until sunrise that night, and the last substorm around 3:30 am threw off some brilliant and tall pillars that seemed to tower over us. It was amazing. I'm all the way down in central Illinois btw

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