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Colorful Aurora at Moonrise Panorama (Norway 2024)
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This is a panorama of a colourful aurora in the early evening and at moonrise, extending from the southeast at left to north at right. Taken on November 9, 2024 at sea during a coastal cruise in Norway on the m/s Nordkapp, a ship in the Hurtigruten fleet of ferries and cruise ships. This is looking astern from deck 7 of the ship. We were between Trondheim and Bodo this night. A Kp5 level storm sparked bright aurora early in the evening, and the twilight added more colours than usual, creating the purples and magentas.
The Big Dipper and Arcturus are at far right to the northeast and north. The waxing gibbous Moon is in cloud rising at left.
Technical:
This is a panorama of 10 segments (!), each a 1-second exposure (short to minimize trailing from ship motion) with the Nikkor 20mm lens wide open at f/1.8 and Nikon Z6III at ISO 3200. Stitched with PTGui with manual control points needed to assist in the alignment. Shooting a panorama from a moving ship is tricky and inevitably some segments end up with trailed stars.
The Big Dipper and Arcturus are at far right to the northeast and north. The waxing gibbous Moon is in cloud rising at left.
Technical:
This is a panorama of 10 segments (!), each a 1-second exposure (short to minimize trailing from ship motion) with the Nikkor 20mm lens wide open at f/1.8 and Nikon Z6III at ISO 3200. Stitched with PTGui with manual control points needed to assist in the alignment. Shooting a panorama from a moving ship is tricky and inevitably some segments end up with trailed stars.

