This was the breathtaking view after sunset this evening, with the sky ablaze with the most brilliant orange colours caused by those aerosols high up in our atmosphere from the volcanic Hunga-Tonga eruption.
(Observation) I've noticed that these volcanic particles are so fine that you can view the stars, planets and Moon quite clearly through the material, unlike when terrestrial dust or bushfire particles are scattered in the air that blocks out the starlight.
The most vibrant colours are always seen about 45 minutes after the Sun has set and can be anywhere from bright orange to glorious pinks and purples…. tonight we were treated with fiery orange :-o
My image was taken at 6.00pm (AEST) with a Canon 70D camera and a Tamron 18-400mm lens set at 18mm, the exposure was 3.2 seconds and ISO400…It looks like Tara Williams in NSW has also seen and photographed this beautiful coloured sky tonight and yes Tara… they were indeed insane! :-D
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~ Observing these volcanic aerosols from the Hunga-Tonga eruption ~
Peter Lowenstein from Mutare, Zimbabwe, Tara Williams from NSW, Australia and myself are continuing to post our observation on Spaceweather.com of this phenomenon that’s occurring in our Southern Hemisphere skies.
https://www.spaceweather.com
We are hoping that these observations and images may help any scientific community that may be monitoring these volcanic aerosols…. please contact me on my contact page if you are interested in our observations and I will pass on your details to the other observers, Noeleen
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(Observation) I've noticed that these volcanic particles are so fine that you can view the stars, planets and Moon quite clearly through the material, unlike when terrestrial dust or bushfire particles are scattered in the air that blocks out the starlight.
The most vibrant colours are always seen about 45 minutes after the Sun has set and can be anywhere from bright orange to glorious pinks and purples…. tonight we were treated with fiery orange :-o
My image was taken at 6.00pm (AEST) with a Canon 70D camera and a Tamron 18-400mm lens set at 18mm, the exposure was 3.2 seconds and ISO400…It looks like Tara Williams in NSW has also seen and photographed this beautiful coloured sky tonight and yes Tara… they were indeed insane! :-D
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~ Observing these volcanic aerosols from the Hunga-Tonga eruption ~
Peter Lowenstein from Mutare, Zimbabwe, Tara Williams from NSW, Australia and myself are continuing to post our observation on Spaceweather.com of this phenomenon that’s occurring in our Southern Hemisphere skies.
https://www.spaceweather.com
We are hoping that these observations and images may help any scientific community that may be monitoring these volcanic aerosols…. please contact me on my contact page if you are interested in our observations and I will pass on your details to the other observers, Noeleen
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