Posted on 01/03/2021 4:13:02 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: All of the other aurora watchers had gone home. By 3:30 am in Iceland, on a quiet September night, much of that night's auroras had died down. Suddenly, unexpectedly, a new burst of particles streamed down from space, lighting up the Earth's atmosphere once again. This time, surprisingly, pareidoliacally, the night lit up with an amazing shape reminiscent of a giant phoenix. With camera equipment at the ready, two quick sky images were taken, followed immediately by a third of the land. The mountain in the background is Helgafell, while the small foreground river is called Kaldá, both located about 30 kilometers north of Iceland's capital Reykjavík. Seasoned skywatchers will note that just above the mountain, toward the left, is the constellation of Orion, while the Pleiades star cluster is also visible just above the frame center. The 2016 aurora, which lasted only a minute and was soon gone forever -- would possibly be dismissed as an fanciful fable -- were it not captured in the featured, digitally-composed, image mosaic.
It could be Cowlic (AZ).
“Question: what does the statement “digitally-composed, image mosaic” mean?
Does this mean it is a merged image from multiple photographs taken one after another?
Cheers.”
Yes, from the description two images of the aurora were taken (I assume the best was used) then a, likely, longer exposure of just the sky and land...pour into a photo program, shake vigorously and pour into Reykjavík stemware, so to speak.
Cheers to you.
I saw some green ones while working in Maine one summer in ‘72. But nothing like this. Then again over Denver for a few days in the early 80s. Those were red, but the Denver sky glow messed up seeing any detail.
Some years ago I saw a photo that was even more remarkable; but I can’t find that one now.
It was Bigfoot wasn't it?
I only know of one ‘photo’ (film) of Bigfoot.
I was referring to a photo of a murmuration of starlings.
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