Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:G5 aurora over Tuntorp, Lysekil Municipality 15.jpg

File:G5 aurora over Tuntorp, Lysekil Municipality 15.jpg

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Info created by W.carter – uploaded by W.carter – nominated by Pine. See also Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Magenta G5 aurora over Tuntorp, Lysekil Municipality 11.jpg by W.carter. Photo 11 is valuable for showing the vertical view, and I believe this one complements it by showing a view of the horizon. ↠Pine (✉) 00:20, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support ↠Pine (✉) 00:20, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Bruce1ee^talk 07:40, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Wilfredor (talk) 14:22, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- XRay 💬 17:26, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support ~~oppose - vertical light must be vertical, needs perspective correction~~ — Rhododendrites ^talk | 19:57, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Rhododendrites and others: Before this gets bogged down in a discussion about perspective correction, let me clarify this. The beams were not coming "straight down" when this photo was taken, they emanated from a point a little above the photo (you can extrapolate the rays). This was the most crazy aurora I've ever witnessed, with some features that don't occur during normal auroras. Like I stated on the file page, it was like standing under a dome of light, with rays coming from a center above me. That's why I could get photos like this where you can clearly see the point of origin of the aurora rays. We don't usually get that at my latitude. The normal thing is that it's centered above the north pole and the we get the aurora formation commonly called "the doughnut", a round "blob" circling the North Pole, and we see drapes.

But this night was different. When the front of the aurora passed over Russia, at least two vortexes were separated from the main doughnut. These resulted in smaller "domes" that stayed stable while they passed over Europe, but dissipated once the reached the Atlantic. You can see these vortexes in the satellite image from NASA. In that image, they are roughly over Saratov and Salavat in southern Russia. One of these vortexes passed over Lysekil where I was, and another one passed over Poland and Germany, giving both a very nice view of this aurora. Another crazy effect of these vortexes, was that when I aimed the camera to the north, where the aurora usually is, there was very little activity there. I even took som reference photos as proof: 1, 2; while facing south, the sky was literally on fire. It was a crazy night! --Cart (talk) 22:05, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
sorry, Cart, that was meant as FPC satire. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk | 22:10, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, but better safe than sorry. We all know how things can turn out here when ideas are planted in people's brains. ;) --Cart (talk) 22:14, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:25, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 05:48, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Petro Stelte (talk) 06:38, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 09:45, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cmao20 (talk) 11:03, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:32, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful colors -- Giles Laurent (talk) 14:51, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support !! Юрий Д.К. 18:40, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 19:48, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support Stunning. – Aristeas (talk) 19:55, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]