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green flame aurora borealis

a wisp of the aurora borealis looking like a green flame igniting above imminent sunrise. Usually once the sun begins to appear the aurora disappears from view ...
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a wisp of the aurora borealis looking like a green flame igniting above imminent sunrise. Usually once the sun begins to appear the aurora disappears from view so getting this moment on camera which was also hand held in very low light pushed the camera sensor capability to the max as well as required careful shooting and post processing of RAW techniques to get the details out of the final image
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NIKON D800E

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Aperture f/1.4 ISO 6400 Shutter 1/10

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Sep, 2014

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