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- devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34Aurora phenomena always look too fantastic to be believed.... but believe you have to because it's really that beautiful. I saw some minor aurora in the San Juans several years ago, it was red and swept over the entire sky, utterly insane. It's like god spilled.
- Migdilio, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19I'm just glad he used "Incredible" in the headline and not "Amazing."
- IpodCrazy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19I hope that I'll be able to experience it one day.
- ministewy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Wow that really is amazing
here's a link to the Wiki article regarding the northern lights, has some good explanations and some more pics as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Borealis
enjoy - stou, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Yes I agree... it's kind of like the grand-canyon, when you see it... it looks like a painting or something. It's almost not impressive.
- ersnyder, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12The stars are to far off to streak in 15 seconds.
- Tobey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Wow, I must have read your comment 5 times, and I still can't figure out what the point of it was. I mean, if this wasn't on digg, a lot of people would have never seen it.
Is this your childish way of trying to say you're better than everyone else, because you know about airliners.net? Well, I've got news for you, thanks to this little gem of a comment, I think you're one step below everyone else. - chrishavel, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Cool. I wonder how he managed to take a 15 second exposure and still have stars show up as little pinpoints?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE ON THE WING OF THE AIRPLANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Slagar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8I live in Fairbanks, Alaska. The lights are pretty, but such a common occurrence that they hardly generate a second glance. The active ones can be fun to watch, swirling around and whatnot, but it certainly not anything mind blowing.
- Hydraulix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I was stationed in Alaska for three years and just watching the Aurora was the greatest time in my life. I wish I had a better camera so I could show everyone what I saw. But green is the most common color up there. One night at -48F I saw green, red/pink, and blue for about an hour. Best...time...ever.
- cadam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Gotta love Eielson for that... The wife and I would sit on the front doorstep w/ some hot cocoa and watch em. Every so often when flying from Anchorage to Fairbanks on the usual red-eye, you'd see the lights from the aircraft.
meant as a reply to hydraulix.
Unless you've seen them in person, you'll never truly understand or believe them. - jejones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Go on a flight by way of Alaska at night local time. Back in 1991 I was on an airliner coming back from Japan, and saw the aurora. It was night local time rathe r than at dusk or dawn like this image, and the green aurora writhed as I watched it. Alas, I had no camera on hand.
- digger_twit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Mirror: http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/1597/05235388li.jpg
- dimatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Pictures never do the aurora justice :/ Actually watching it is something of a spectacle.
- robertgoodwin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Absolutely stunning!
- twalker294, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No, that is the Aurora Australis.
- abacsalmasi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Living just north of Toronto, I get to see these all the time. Although never this close, many summer nights bring the lights. And sometimes they linger for a long time and eventually turn dark red. It's a great way to wrench your neck.
- MikeCampo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That's funky :p It's amazing what electrons can do.
- aplusplus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That's pretty incredible. I saw an aurora last fall and it's an unforgettable image. It's always amazing to see something out of the ordinary with our sky.
- MikieEars, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I agree. I live 15min from the Falls, and after awhile I wonder if all the tourist are disapointed when they get to Niagara Falls, the city is beyond destroyed and it looks like garbage, but the canadian side is nice, too many haunted houses though, theres one every block on clifton hill
- hodyoaten, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Uhhh... why are the stars perfect pinpoints on a 15-second exposure on a plane moving at 500 mph? The results of what I'm seeing are comparable to what I get with a Bogen tripod on asphalt.
- Juano11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can't understand his pictures, I don't speak Russian...
- spectre_25gt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Even at 500mph, the relative angle between the camera's lense and the path of the light from the star is virtually unchanged in 15 seconds due to how far stars are away from us.
- shyampandit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here are some more pictures taken by a Russian - http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/178/31/
- wubrgamer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3i am ONLY digging this because i think we ALL love purty colours !
- diggenerate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Title should have (borealis) in paranthesis since it metions the Northern Lights and not Aurora, because Aurora is also the first part of the Southern Lights the Aurora Australis. Just for clarification.
- Fishy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5What an amazing photo! Are there a high res source besides the $5/mo option?
- Liembo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+115 secs @ 15mm isn't going to generate streaks. Even at 50mm, you've got up to 20-30 seconds of streak-free imaging, though it depends on the declination of the star. But 15 seconds on a moving airplane would generate erratic streaks from any motion of the plane. Pretty smooth flight to get those kinds of results.
- Schda, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Good question, I've taken 15 second exposures at night and my stars start to turn into lines instead of dots.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Cool vid:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Aurora_Borealis_from_Expedition_6.ogg - enigmatics, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I was just talking to my father about that yesterday, wondering if the northern lights were as jaded for people living in northern Canada/europe as the great lakes or Niagra Falls are for me. I'm heading to the Boundry Waters at the end of this month and I'm hoping I can catch a glimpse of them... though it probably won't be anywhere near as exciting and impressive as this photo is.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2So if you live in Australia, are they still Northern lights?
- WalkaWalka, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2
The Langoliers are coming! The Langoliers are coming!
That was such a funny movie. - deanau, on 10/12/2007, -3/+315 secs... stars .... I call photoshoped.
- Virtualtaco, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2anyone else love the fact that if you take out (Aurora) from the title it sounds like a drug bust on a plane?
- YevgenyPashnin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hi guys!!)) the photo are real!! I took about 7-10 photos
- angrykeyboarder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wow. Indescribable! Thanks for this!
- twalker294, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Let's say you dont get trails in a 15 second esposure at 500 mph (which of course you would) -- are you telling me that in 15 seconds, that plane was rock steady enough that the stars didn't blur AT ALL? No way. It's a beautiful photo but the plane wing was added. The aurora shot was from the ground.
- quink, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I'll one up you with a generic link here:
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?sort_order=views desc&nr_of_photos=1011514
Buh, woah, this one beats them all. I'm sure it'll come crashing through the most popular of all time any second now... - nerdgoturd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1definately my new background
- BenStockwell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Awesome photo, that's my new wallpaper.
- colinnowra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2It's pretty hard too get clear photos taken from an airplane if the shutter is too long, even with a tripod you'll still have slight vibrations that could make your photos blurry. Hard to think he'd be able to bring a tripod inside the cabin though.
- ersnyder, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6Why did I get dug down. Sometimes, I don't understand you people.
- anonymonk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Remarks on the photo state it was taken with a 15 second exposure. If so, how come the stars in the sky appear as sharp points? Just curious... not saying, yet, that the photo isn't what it claims to be. Either way, it's pretty awesome.
- Simply, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Why don't you see any lights on the wing? For 15 seconds you know the lights on the plane wings and tail will flash and be in the picture...
Photoshop - iknezek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Am I the only one that thought of "The Dark Mark" when I saw this?
I'm not even a big fan of Harry Potter, but that bears a striking resemblance. - anonymonk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Spectre, if I take a 15 sec exposure with a TRIPOD on the ground, I get streaks instead of stars. How exactly do they disappear at 500mph?
- dixonr315, on 10/12/2007, -8/+6That is incredible, I hope I can witness it one day.... Of course then make my own digg thread lol.
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