Okey one more. This time my regular 14mm perspective, looking straight up at a corona. I picked this one from the same time of night, to match the other two 10mm shots in this thread.

I am struggling with editing these, because the colours are so intense. It looks un-natural, as though they are doctored. Yet I've backed off the saturation by double my usual amount. It really is an intense display when the big ones zip over head.

What colours are real? The camera is seeing a lot more colour than our eyes do. We did see the red and greens in the night, for sure. At times the sky was like daylight, but green and red. If you tinker with white-balance you can push those reds into purple, and the brighter greens into yellow hues. Reality is anything you want it to be on a night like this.

#EwenInNorway #Photography #Nordlys #Jan20 #AuroraStorm #Aurora

Was chatting to a friend today about the importance of having art in our lives. To focus our minds on creating art and expressing that aspect of ourselves. Art is like nature, we need to "touch grass" on a regular basis, and we need to "hold the brush" just as often.

Here's one of my favourite moments from last night. It's shot with a 10mm fisheye, so it's more than 180° of view from top to bottom. That burst of corona above the fjord is directly above my head, and then continues behind me to the south. The 10mm sees all of this.

I must take care to keep my head out of the shot in such moments :)

#EwenInNorway #Photography #Nordlys #Jan20 #AuroraStorm #Aurora

I probably should be back out there taking more photos, but I came home for a bit to get warm and have a hot meal. And part of me wants to head to bed, and part of me wants to sit out in the cold and hope to see a few more of these.

The beauty of the movement, the shapes, the colours and the transience is something I will never be able to fully grasp. But I keep trying.

#EwenInNorway #Photography #Auroras #Nordlys #Jan20 #AuroraStorm #Aurora

January 20th is, for many, a normal day.

However, we must acknowledge that a year ago today, the US saw a shift in power which has (unfortunately) rippled across the globe.

A year on, we think it's fair to say that, whilst we are still horrified by the decisions, language, and actions of the US administration (and beyond), the initial hopelessness is beginning to dissipate.

We're fighting back, finding new ways to come together, and staying strong.

#Jan20 #SocialWeb #Hope #Fediverse

January 20th is, for many, a normal day.

However, we must acknowledge that a year ago today, the US saw a shift in power which has (unfortunately) rippled across the globe.

A year on, we think it's fair to say that, whilst we are still horrified by the decisions, language, and actions of the US administration (and beyond), the initial hopelessness is beginning to dissipate.

We're fighting back, finding new ways to come together, and staying strong.

#Jan20 #SocialWeb #Hope #Fediverse

❝ I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money, like some demonic, destructive suction tube. […] it is estimated that we spend $500,000 to kill each enemy soldier, while we spend only fifty-three dollars for each person classified as poor, and much of that fifty-three dollars goes for salaries to people that are not poor.

https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=819842&p=5924547

#Jan20 #MLKDay

“America’s Chief Moral Dilemma”, is called ”The 3 evils speech” when gutted of his re-interpretation of REPARATIONS:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/martin-luther-king-hungry-club-forum/552533/

THIS IS THE SPEECH, MLK uses to criticize liberals who edit out his call for a RADICAL REDISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC & POLITICAL POWER for not just the Negro but all races.

this was his ultimate goal: to end racism, Americans need to end poverty. to do that, Americans need to end the infinite growth, money making machine of militarism.

#JAN20 #MLKDay

there is no question in my mind that MLK Jr was assassinated by the fascists within and outside of the USA government for his second phase of the Civil Rights Movement.

the second phase was:

1. opose the war in Vietnam

2. create public and private-led incentives to end poverty in America based on the principles of non-violence

3. make new non-violent economic models possible worldwide

and that meant spending a few billions then to make it happen…

#JAN20 #MLKDay