Early Aurora during Blue Hour at Mount Segla (HR_Maurer)

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Early Aurora during Blue Hour at Mount Segla

On Thursday, September 12 2024, there was a geomagnetic storm prediction of Class 2 in the offing, as well as very good weather conditions for the Norwegian island Senya. I took the opportunity for a hike to mount Hesten, which is located directly north of mount Segla. I wasn't the only one with this idea, since Segla is a wellknown magnet for photographers, and for good reason.
Wind was cold and gusty, blowing sand into my eyes when standing at the saddle near the edge, which is a several hundred meters vertical drop. At exactly 21:11 local time the first Aurorae showed up, a vivid green fence far in the south, close to the horizon. That's what i've been speculating for, and everything was already set up and ready for acquisition. I later found the sun being apparently 11°50' below horizon at that time. Not completely sure if that is true, you can see the landscape still has light (at least when facing northwest), and there are stars visible in zenith, but not close to horizon.

There have been reports of visual Aurorae down to central Germany that night, and it was a great experience for me to witness their appereance more than 2000 km further north.
Blend of a 30s exposure at f/11, and a 1.3s exposure at f/1.8

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