RedditIsALostCause@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoI want to join in on the phone-equipped astrophotography! Here's the Aurora Borealis shot from Knoxville, MD, USA in October, 2024 [OC]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1124arrow-down1imageI want to join in on the phone-equipped astrophotography! Here's the Aurora Borealis shot from Knoxville, MD, USA in October, 2024 [OC]lemmy.worldRedditIsALostCause@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 13 hours agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoCould you see this with your eyes or only on the phone? I was about at your latitude but more light pollution, so I thought maybe that was the culprit.
minus-squareRedditIsALostCause@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoIt is definitely more exaggerated through the phone. In person, it was about half as bright/vivid — though still incredible. Thought I did look for a suitable dark site/sufficiently low enough Bortle-scale value area. Rather difficult in the DMV.
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Could you see this with your eyes or only on the phone? I was about at your latitude but more light pollution, so I thought maybe that was the culprit.
It is definitely more exaggerated through the phone. In person, it was about half as bright/vivid — though still incredible.
Thought I did look for a suitable dark site/sufficiently low enough Bortle-scale value area. Rather difficult in the DMV.