UK - Cotswolds - Aurora 01_101024__5009339

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Interrupting my Oxford Open Door uploads to bring you this aurora image from Thursday night. This was taken at about 10pm in the middle of nowhere, just north of Witney.

This was the first shot I took and typically, just at the end of the 30 second exposure a car came speeding down the country lane (and quite possibly an Elon Musk Starlink satellite too). Quite like the end result though.....

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From the BBC website, "The Northern Lights have been visible right across the UK and into continental Europe after an extremely geomagnetic storm - G5 - which is the highest on the 1-5 scale.

Starting at around 19:00 BST on Thursday, many people were able to view the aurora. It then weakened slightly for a time, before coming back even stronger around midnight and continuing until dawn on Friday.

Meteorologists advise a long exposure camera when trying to capture the auroras, as the phenomenon is not always visible with the naked eye. However, many people reported that they were able to see some of the colours further south without using cameras.

What used to be a once-in-a-lifetime event for people in the UK – or a bucket list trip to the Arctic circle – has become more common in the last couple of years.

The auroras have been particularly visible in 2024 due to the biggest geomagnetic storm since 2003, according to Sean Elvidge, a professor in space environment at the University of Birmingham."

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Taken in: UK / England / West Oxfordshire District / Leafield (show map)

Taken on: October 10, 2024

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Camera: Nikon D500, f/6.3, 30 sec, 11mm (=16mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D500
Lens:	Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	11mm (35mm equivalent: 16mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 25.12 (Windows)
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