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The aurora really surprised me that way: I had only seen pictures before, and never guessed so little of it would be visible in real life. The effect is definit

• kelvie 2y ago
  That's always going to be true of the night sky though -- and is the goal of astrophotography. That's not to say that there aren't some amazing aurorae that you can experience with the naked eye, if you go closer to the poles (well, practically just the Northern one) on a good night you won't need a camera! Even for those, presumably a camera will catch more stuff in the background though.
• munificent 2y ago
  Conversely, my experience with the 2016 and 2024 total solar eclipses was the exact opposite. I was expecting reality to look less impressive than eclipse photos, but nope. You look up in the sky there's a damn ring of fire up there.
  • mikewarot 2y ago
    I looked up and saw the deep blue sky, and stars, and a Black Hole Sun... An unnaturally dark void, surrounded with light Quite unnerving