Timelapse video captures northern lights on transatlantic flight

Albizu Garcia
Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:31:01 +0000
Technology, astronomy, aurora borealis, canon 5d, night sky, norther lights, sky, timelapse, Video

A passenger on board a transatlantic flight from San Francisco to Paris has captured a remarkable timelapse video of the northern lights, or the aurora borealis. During his eleven hour flight he captured 2,459 images, roughly one every two miles, using a Canon 5D Mark II and a tripod, and stitched them together afterward to produce this masterpiece.

The aurora borealis is a natural light display that occurs in northern latitudes when charged particles directed by the Earth’s magnetic field collide.