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I went out to look for that supernova in the plough last night, but the full moon was so bright Im amazed anyone saw the northern lights.

Seen them once from my southerly location. its was very cool.

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Has anyone done a dedicated trip North to watch them?

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I want to do this. I've always wanted to do it for as long as I can remember but we moved to New Zealand instead !

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What the heck for, I see them about 50 times a year, besides which it's usually too damn cold for sitting outside when the best light shows are on. However, you're meant to get many different colours of the spectrum the further North you go.

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Exactly!

We tried driving to a really dark place on Friday night - we drove out of town 15 mins and then hit the lights from Joffre, we need to go somewhere really dark and dedicate the whole night I think.

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It certainly helps, I have the glow from Edmonton visible to the East in the night sky but it's not too bad for sure.

I'll never forget walking the dog one night at 2am and looking up into a tipi effect of northern lights stretching from each horizon (except due South) to a point way above me. Stood there shivering for about 15 minutes with the dog wondering what the heck was going on.

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When I was working out at Springbank I spent many an evening shift watching the Northern Lights from the tower cab in relative comfort. :)

Unfortunately never had a camera with me at work.:(

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Right ! I'm going to have to make this happen somehow from the bottom of the world but In My Lifetime.

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I'm just glad, with my limited knowledge on photography, that I made somewhat the right adjustments to the settings on my camera to get some sort of pic to work:thumbup:

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You do know that the southern hemisphere has the same spectical called the Aurora Australis.

Not sure exactally where you can see them from (but supposedly they have been seen from NZ), but its more about the correct time of year coupled with a decent coronal mass ejection from the sun.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2096894_see-...australis.html

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Actually you got a lot more than is immediately obvious. :)

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Did you do something???:lol: What programme do you use? I've got photoshop elements, but it's really confusing for a complete beginner.

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Photoshop Elements Version 9.

Click on Enhance, then Adjust Lighting, then Levels

Adjust the sliders to suit. If you don't like what is happening just click on the Cancel button. :)

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I shall play - thank you.:thumbsup:

Hows this one??

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That's amazing.