Aurora of 31 August

We saw a soft white glow from the window and a photo confirmed that there was an aurora outside.
The spectacle is outstanding: two auroras cross the sky making a big X.
Just for few minutes the intensity became stronger and visible to the naked eye. A big gift for Elvio’s Birthday (september 1)

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I have enhanced the photos (luminosity +70, contrast +60) to show the aurora but the color rendering depends on your monitor

A window on universe

Every night the window of my room opens my eyesight over an awesome universe of stars.

Outside the window the environment is hostile. The temperature stays between -55°C and -75°C and the average pressure is around 644.4 hPA. Is a double window and between the two windows the temperature stays between -22°C and -41°C. The border of external window is covered by a thick layer of ice. The day (or when i lit the light) the internal window glass show a spectacle of ice cristals.