Happy to see the statement on #universityrankings by the International Association of Universities #IAU, the largest and most international university network: https://iau.global/news/iau-note-on-rankings-released. Sort of proud to have played a role in that. Moving away from rankings, step by step. I look forward to seeing similar statements from #LERU, #TheGuild, #AURORA, #YERUN and others. Solidarity among institutions is crucial amidst authoritarianism and commercial caprure.

Happy to see the statement on #universityrankings by the International Association of Universities #IAU, the largest and most international university network: https://iau.global/news/iau-note-on-rankings-released. Sort of proud to have played a role in that. Moving away from rankings, step by step. I look forward to seeing similar statements from #LERU, #TheGuild, #AURORA, #YERUN and others. Solidarity among institutions is crucial amidst authoritarianism and commercial caprure.

I’ve been after this shot for a very, very long time. Taken on a meandering walk home from the bar.

Aurora + Sólfar

#iceland #reykjavik #photography #aurora #NorthernLights

'The most incredible display of aurora I've ever seen in my 20 years of flying'.

Pilot captures historic northern lights show from 37,000 feet (photos)

https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/the-most-incredible-display-of-aurora-ive-ever-seen-in-my-20-years-of-flying-pilot-captures-historic-northern-lights-show-from-37-000-feet-photos

#news #science #space #astronomy #aurora #photography

'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.'
- Oscar Wilde

#EwenInNorway #Photography #Nordlys #Aurora

'The most incredible display of aurora I've ever seen in my 20 years of flying'.

Pilot captures historic northern lights show from 37,000 feet (photos)

https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/the-most-incredible-display-of-aurora-ive-ever-seen-in-my-20-years-of-flying-pilot-captures-historic-northern-lights-show-from-37-000-feet-photos

#news #science #space #astronomy #aurora #photography

'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.'
- Oscar Wilde

#EwenInNorway #Photography #Nordlys #Aurora

Photo from yesterday. Pictures from Monday's little Ragnarök rehearsal will take a while, though. Many of those are complex panoramas, some wider than 180°. Takes time that is currently demanded elsewhere.

#aurora #nightPhotography #solarstorm

Photo from yesterday. Pictures from Monday's little Ragnarök rehearsal will take a while, though. Many of those are complex panoramas, some wider than 180°. Takes time that is currently demanded elsewhere.

#aurora #nightPhotography #solarstorm

My wife and I are fortunate to be in Iceland at the moment, and we managed to capture a timelapse of last night’s aurora. It was one of those moments in my life when I could hardly believe my own eyes. Enjoy!
#aurora #iceland #timelapse

Another amazing aurora lit of the southern hemisphere last night, caused by the strongest solar storm in 20 years.
Hobart, Tasmania was treated to a beautiful display.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vk7ben/55051713629

#aurora #hobart #tasmania #australia #photography

Okey one more. This time my regular 14mm perspective, looking straight up at a corona. I picked this one from the same time of night, to match the other two 10mm shots in this thread.

I am struggling with editing these, because the colours are so intense. It looks un-natural, as though they are doctored. Yet I've backed off the saturation by double my usual amount. It really is an intense display when the big ones zip over head.

What colours are real? The camera is seeing a lot more colour than our eyes do. We did see the red and greens in the night, for sure. At times the sky was like daylight, but green and red. If you tinker with white-balance you can push those reds into purple, and the brighter greens into yellow hues. Reality is anything you want it to be on a night like this.

#EwenInNorway #Photography #Nordlys #Jan20 #AuroraStorm #Aurora

Was chatting to a friend today about the importance of having art in our lives. To focus our minds on creating art and expressing that aspect of ourselves. Art is like nature, we need to "touch grass" on a regular basis, and we need to "hold the brush" just as often.

Here's one of my favourite moments from last night. It's shot with a 10mm fisheye, so it's more than 180° of view from top to bottom. That burst of corona above the fjord is directly above my head, and then continues behind me to the south. The 10mm sees all of this.

I must take care to keep my head out of the shot in such moments :)

#EwenInNorway #Photography #Nordlys #Jan20 #AuroraStorm #Aurora