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   Nazi trumps fuck off. (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 22:23:56 JST Nazi trumps fuck off.

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   Imagine this aurora event, but 30 years ago. Only a very few dedicated photographers would be getting photos and it would've taken a few days at least to get them processed and printed and put "online", had there been an online back then.

   10 years ago DSLRs sensitive enough to record good aurora pics were fairly common, but expensive. Now, cell phones are good enough to take shareable photos.

   So, because of the democratization of camera technology, we get to have this fun, global, real-time shared experience of a beautiful astronomical event.

   Wonder what would Copernicus think of it all?
   #aurora

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     Nazi trumps fuck off. (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 22:23:57 JST Nazi trumps fuck off.

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     It's so cool the way the light moves from one part of the sky to the next. Now it has shifted off to the east of north. It was way off to the west earlier.

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     Nazi trumps fuck off. (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 22:23:58 JST Nazi trumps fuck off.

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     After a lull, the aurora is picking up again. My iPhone SE doesn't pick it up, so you'll have to wait till I process my DSLR pics. I have my second camera but feel a little sheepish at not bringing both tripods 🤦♂️ I really didn't expect much. 🤷♂️

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     Nazi trumps fuck off. (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 22:23:58 JST Nazi trumps fuck off.

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     Another big wave of pink rays!

     Fuck. I'm not going to get any sleep tonight, am I?

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     Nazi trumps fuck off. (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 22:23:59 JST Nazi trumps fuck off.

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     Giant sky-filling rays that are moving, with light colors. Very, very visible to the naked eye. I'm doing a time lapse with my DSLR and those pics look fabulous.

     I saw it once in Northern British Columbia back in the '80s with waving sheets of color ripping across the sky. This is the closest I've ever seen to that. Completely did not expect it this far south.
     #Aurora

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     Nazi trumps fuck off. (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 22:23:59 JST Nazi trumps fuck off.

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     This is so fucking coooooool!

     I had been contemplating driving to someplace like maybe south of Mount Shasta so I would have that in the frame with the northern lights, but NOAA's map showed the aurora not being visible that far south. I went out on my rooftop this evening, snapped a couple long exposures, realized it looked kind of cool so I came up here on the ridge. And then it went OFF!

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     Nazi trumps fuck off. (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2024 22:24:00 JST Nazi trumps fuck off.

     Northern California and the aurora is going off! Pics later...!