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#1282498 13-Apr-2015 20:45

I love big spider 8-eyes! what kind of spider is it? all the spiders I can find don't have such sticking out eyes

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#1286019 17-Apr-2015 08:53

Aurora over Dunedin last night:

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#1286056 17-Apr-2015 09:35

can you see them with the naked eye?

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#1286058 17-Apr-2015 09:38

You can see the occasional vertical beam and faint green glow, last night was KP5 in strength which is about the lowest that will get me out in the middle of night photos :P I've been out during a KP6-7 which was quite visible to the naked eye as long as you're away from light pollution.

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#1286060 17-Apr-2015 09:42

ah. so kp 5+ and you go out;

do you shoot and hope, or do you wait for faint beams, and how long between faint beams?

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#1286063 17-Apr-2015 09:47

I'm not big on how they work, but they tend to spike and move around. I normally shoot 20-30 second exposures and always get something in the shot. I know some people who stay out for hours watching live Aurora weather sensors waiting for big spikes.

There a several factors to the strength of them and with a bit of know how you can watch the sensors and see spikes coming

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#1286066 17-Apr-2015 09:52

ok thanks ... :D

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#1286604 17-Apr-2015 23:32

joker97: ok thanks ... :D

If you have twitter, check out @iangriffin
He's pretty much Dunedins aurora (and space) photography expert.

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#1287304 19-Apr-2015 17:11

Took this while we were about to eat lunch , My new GS6 takes a pretty decent photo. Lunch was pretty tasty as well.

Full image here . http://s24.postimg.org/sof9ly3bp/20150419_140243.jpg