By Gus Saltonstall
Aurora borealis, otherwise known as the northern lights, was spotted and photographed over the Upper West Side on Tuesday night.
The lights were caused by a “severe geomagnetic storm.” NASA classified the storm as a G4 level, which is just one down from the highest possible level of geomagnetic storm.
The lights were spotted across the east coast on Tuesday. Let us know in the comments if anybody was able to also photograph or see the aurora borealis on Wednesday night.
Here is how Gus Hobbs, who photographed the lights over the Upper West Side on Tuesday night, explained his process to West Side Rag.
“When I heard about the impending auroras last night, I set up my camera on my roof on West 74th St and put it on a timer overnight,” Hobbs wrote in an email. “I was able to capture some colors through a break in the clouds at about 11:30pm. The light show was brief – only about 10 minutes!”
The results were breathtaking.
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Great pics! I wonder if they were visible without the aid of a camera.
wow!
Thank you for the local photos.
EarthSkyNews.com posted a couple of dozen spectacular photos this morning — incredible deep reds, greens and pinks. But they were all from the Midwest and far West. I’ve only seen true auroras once before in NYC so this was a rare treat.
I took some great photos last night of the deep color northern lights from my house here in Lake Placid. Too bad we can’t share them for all to see, no city lights and the northern lights are very deep in color up here in the mountains skies… some of the beauties in life to enjoy🙏
Very Nice
Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Tip: for our next Carrington Event, use a traditional film camera.
Interesting suggestion, why film? Modern mirrorless cameras have incredible low-light sensitivity & resolution, even large format film isn’t as sensitive no?
Good question. Because once the film has been developed, you’ll have photos capable of being shared with others.
You can easily print and share digital photos.
Thank you for these Gus Hobbs.
I missed it but I would have loved to see it so this is a treat that you took these photos! Thank you!
Magnificent!!!
I saw them in Maine growing up. Cold winter nights and no electric lights around.