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iangriffin

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I work at a Museum but chase auroras for fun. Springer spaniel fan.

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I have just found another image from last weekend's auroral display. This was taken at 20:51:58 from Lake Aviemore, New Zealand. It shows one of the lovely aurora corona's seen on the night.

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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Coronal Aurora, as seen from Lake Aviemore, 00:34 on 12/5/2024. In a coronal aurora, lines converge at the magnetic zenith in a stunning "crown" shape It's beautiful

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@rorzer nice!

iangriffin, to Astronomy
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i just realised I took 15,000 images during last night's auroral display. Here's another one, this taken at 00:27 with an exposure of 2.5 seconds.

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@mlanger I took 2 reels of 35mm and a reel of 120 last night

iangriffin,
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@mlanger it’s actually a Tomiyama 6x12 panoramic camera

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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There are moments when you have to say, Mother nature is awesome. One such moment occurred at Lake Aviemore last night at 02:25:45. This is three five second exposures combined to make a panorama. WOW!

iangriffin, to Astronomy
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I may have slightly gone a bit batshit crazy when the sky did this at Lake Aviemore last night. This is a fisheye lens image during the height of the display. Seriously. WOAH!

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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A moment from last night's extraordinary display of the Aurora Australis. A 6.5 second exposure taken at 00:30:17 this morning

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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Here is a timelapse of an aurora corona as seen over New Zealand's South Island between 00:33 and 00:41 on 12/May/2024. Shot from Lake Aviemore

A blend of green and red lines move along magnetic field lines.

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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some real time video footage of last nights amazing aurora. also a meteor! Shot this morning at ~2:30 am.

iangriffin,
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@slack was an awesome night

iangriffin, (edited ) to NewZealand
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You know that "famous" Wānaka tree? It's not as good as the upside down aurora tree I found tonight at my secret aurora perch!

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@wlf_warren not that rare in New Zealand. I've seen more than ~500 nights of Aurora since 2013. :-)

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Awesome night at Lake Aviemore. the sky was clear and the aurora Australis was. UNBELIEVABLE. Here's a timelapse I shot earlier this evening. I've been up 28 hours and OMG!

iangriffin, (edited ) to NewZealand
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Unbelievable display of the aurora here at Lake Aviemore. just shot this video on my iPhone

iangriffin, to random
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Yeeehaw!!!this aurora just keeps giving

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iangriffin, to random
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Holy crap. That is all. The aurora is awesome GET OUT

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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If the sky is dark where you are GO OUT NOW AND WATCH AN AMAZING AURORA!!! Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere get out now! Clouds marred the view before dawn at Hoopers Inlet in Dunedin NZ but the aurora was still incredible!

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I assume @iangriffin is off having a disco nap before the impending arrival of the Aurora?

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@iangriffin so, will we get the 'big aurora' down here too on sat/sun, or is it just going to be a northern hemisphere thing

iangriffin,
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@depereo lots of hype but I’m charging both cameras and my car (electric) for a road trip

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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My hometown in IR. #IRphotography #NewZealand #beauty

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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Flying home today, my IR camera captured pictures of the Otago Peninsula. Gosh, it's lovely in infrared!

iangriffin, (edited ) to NewZealand
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You can watch me try to persuade the Dunedin City Council not flatline the Museums Budget at around 2pm on this link. Wish me luck! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvbKKZZ86Zo

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