Aurora of 25 september

We have seen a very intense aurora that remained directly visible to our eyes for about three hours.

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The aurora was also photographed from my automated Raspberry Pi with Pi-noir infrared camera. The result is achieved with MeteorPi software and two minutes of exposure time. The colors are staggered from the infrared component.

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Dawn and Dusk at DomeC

The arrival of the first sunrises and sunsets surprised us with a multitude of unexpected colors.

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The classic colors associated with sunset are much more intense than those we are used to.

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For the first time I saw shades of pink and purple growing from the opposite side of the sunset and gradually giving way to an increasingly large slice of darkness. Obviously, this process is reversed during sunrises.

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The most beautiful thing is to observe the sky separated in a large V: on one side the light colors (yellow / orange) degrade until they reach the minimum point, from which they grow stronger into dark colors (pink / purple).

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Human buildings themselves interact the sunlight making charming effects with the reflections of the windows, enchanting hugs with their structure outline or heavy contrasts with their interior lighting.

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