Huihuihuihui. NOAA-Warnung für den stärksten Sonnensturm seit 2005.
Da könnt heut Nacht auch über Deutschland sichtbar was abgehen.
*macht Stativ und Stirnlampe fertig*
(Mal schauen, was das global so mit unserer Technik anstellt)

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/media-advisory-noaa-forecasts-severe-solar-storm-media-availability-scheduled-friday-may-10

#AstroFotografie #astronomie

MEDIA ADVISORY: NOAA Forecasts Severe Solar Storm; Media Availability Scheduled for Friday, May 10 | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center

Wer heut Nacht geschlafen hat, wird sich richtig in den Hintern beißen.
Der Himmel war erleuchtet wie ein amerikanischer Weihnachtsbaum.
KP9 Aurora in Deutschland. Whoa. 
Whoa. What. A. Night.
Back at 3:40 with a full SD and so many happy memories. Better edits will take more than 4h of sleep.
#aurora #nordlicht #nordlichtdeutschland #auroragermany
Heut nur ein zehnminütiges Fenster pink.
Nach gestern Jammern auf hohem Niveau.
Trotzdem schade.
(In der NOAA-Animation bricht das Polarlicht-Oval richtig abrupt ein, genau sychron mit der Dämmerung in Europa 😑)
#aurora #nordlicht

Anyone else still mentally and digitally processing Friday night?
The amount of raw-files on that SD card is kind of daunting. XD
So I edited a few less colourful shots from yesterday with just a hint of #aurora. Mostly just a gently glowing moon and stars over a local ruin. First two images are multiple exposures stacked in #Sequator to bring out the star light.

#nightphotograohy #astrophotography #moon

Continued thread of edited aurora photos: a local school. This location may not be the prettiest. But having done their promo shots I know the area and thus felt secure to move around quickly in the dark and not break either my face or equipment. Also there's a lack in photogenic reflective surfaces around here, so at least windows and ambient light were nice and predictable.

#aurora #auroraborealis #nordlicht #FensterFreitag

Additional shots.

Local castle on the same night.
It really pays off to know how your location. This was one of the easiest panorama shots ever despite those fast changing, highly ununsual conditions.

#aurora #auroraborealis #nordlicht

Meet Findus.
Invisibly sneaking around in the dark while his humans and friends are geeking out about the night sky.
And suddenly starting a surprise attack on their legs only to disappear into the void again just seconds later. Look at the little fiend feigning innocense...
#caturday #OrangeCat #OrangeCatEnergy

More #aurora photos from May 10th. This time a more foresty theme.

#landscapephotography #nightphotography #northernlights

Another batch from May 10th edited.
What was intended to be the only location of the night in a local Bortle 3 spot turned out to be only the start. Obviously naked eye appearance was a lot darker, green barely visible. But photos can't do justice to how *creepy* it felt to stand under a blood red moon next to a very dark forest you better avoid at night (interesting animal sounds included).

#aurora #northernlights

Second to last batch of #aurora shots.
Pink and green sky over bright yellow rapeseed fields. Let's just say it's a colour combination I'll never frame and put on my wall. But what an amazing experience it was to capture.

#northernlights #astrophotography

I hope everyone who could had a wonderful time watching the Earth being bombarded by interplanetary debris and solar particles. What a show!
Being personally out of the #aurora game due to clouds and technical issues, let me at least contribute with some final unpublished pics from May 10th/11th.