Friday, 2nd April 2010
Mountain Nebula
by Orvaratli
Aurora by Kleifarvatn, Iceland
Finally the sky cleared up here in Iceland after weeks of nonstop cloudy sky and rain. Luckily the Aurora showed up aswell.
The Aurora this night was really weird. At one point it was very faint straight overhead and it pulsated like a heart beat. It stayed up straight overhead for a few minutes and then slowly got lower until it fainted out. It was more like a cloud than a Aurora arch that I am used to see.
I managed to capture one shot wide enough with a mountain and this weird Aurora before it disappeared. Sometimes the 16mm are not wide enough for those Aurora shots. I really look forward when Canon comes with something that compares with the Nikon 14-24mm lens. If they dont I will have to try to fit that Nikon lens on my Canon
Orvaratli
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Mountain Nebula by Orvaratli was photo of the day on Friday, 2nd April 2010. It is tagged Aurora, Stars. You can leave a comment below.
22 Comments
Jim
Wow. Most unsusal. Quite a capture. A one in a lifetime shot. Merci
mike
Very cool. Never seen that here.
Gina
Very other-worldly. Lovely shot!
Doug
Very cool–like a ghostly arm, flexing its muscles–thanks for sharing.
Anurag
Very unusual aurora shape indeed.
Avalon
Mystical shot, even the stars are adding to the effect. I love it
Su
What a weird and wonderful sky, would so like to see this for myself. congrats on potd
rockies70
very nice picture.
Marie Dunphy Harding
It’s like a different world beyond the mountain top, cool!
Marko
Very beautiful and stunning photo! How often can you see Auroras in Iceland? I would like to see something like that too one day
Greg
Very nice.
Skip Nix
Looks like a Hammerhead Shark swimming in the deep blue of the night sky
James Fougere
That is a stunning shot!!! What a odd display of Aurora!! You should sent this image to Astronomy and Sky & Telescope Magazine. I would expect they would publish it! I must get up to the Arctic Circle someday. Congrats!
Nico De Pasquale
such incredible vision!
renee
what a beautiful shot, like it a lot!
Tad Bowman
Great shot. Congratulations on your POTD.
planet lover
Amazing shot! You’re always rewarded for your patience…This is truly spectacular. Congratulations!
Pauline Jones
Great capture.
Katherine Lee Strassburg
This looks as if it could have been taken by the Hubble telescope in outer space! Fantastic work as usual!!
Jahdara
WOW!!! isn’t God’s creation just awsome??.
Grete
Auroras are wonderful spectacles of nature. You have captured it wonderfully. Congratulations Orvaratli
Eric Palmer
pi in the sky haha