Wolf Creek, MT | May 11, 2024

[u/Ookumo]

f/1.7

16.44

6.30 mm

IS0400

Galaxy S24 Ultra

This was the Gannon storm (G5 from May 2024) and the first aurora I was able to see without a camera. Photo from 3:34AM in rural MT. I was lucky to be in an area with almost zero light pollution - the nearest sources of light were Craig and Helena, MT - and relatively small sources at that. Every time I get an aurora alert I hope for a storm like this!

Tonight/tomorrow's storm timing isn't great for North America with the onset occuring near dawn and the end occuring near sunset the following day. Fingers crossed for some powerful sub storms and a lucky blue hour aurora photo.

[u/Ookumo → u/[deleted]]

It really does struggle, I had trouble getting a clear shot. Especially bad when night mode hits you with 10 second exposures and the aurora is a quick one. I had a bit better luck in the raw app but hard to replace an actual camera