Biggest Aurora Show in 21 Years! Capturing the G5 Geomagnetic Storm from Holland (May 10th, 2024)
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- On May 10th 2024 the largest geomagnetic storm in 21 years took place. It caused huge Northern Light displays over a good part of the Earth. The Aurora was even visible at places like Spain and Africa. Unheard of! I witnessed this history in the making moment in my home country The Netherlands at 52 degrees North. Join me as I try to photograph and vlog this once in a lifetime astronomical event.
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Were you able to witness the show? Let us hear your experiences!
Amazing video!! My experience was on top of the estrela mountain in central portugal !! Something i never thought i would achieve being this far south , a night to remember💯💯🔥
Absolutely. What an amazing time, I forgot I can make a pano so i didn’t. Too overwhelmed. Also the first time my 14mm was not wide enough. It was truly the most special Astrophotography night of my life. In between Timelapse ms I was running around like a mad man. Keep up the good work amazing content!
Question Jeroen what lens did you film this with?
@@danscott5776 Portugal! That's insane man!
@@koenpijpersphotography Awesome you were out too Koen! I can relate too forgetting stuff haha. I film my vlogs with the 20mm f1.8 Viltrox on the Sony A7S at the moment. A bit heavier that I'd like for vlogging but a good bang for your buck lens nevertheless.
At 51° N. Maybe you saw my panorama at facebook or instagram. 🙂
EPIC!! Loved everything about this: the chaos, the excitement, the inaudible mumblings!! It brilliantly conveyed a magical night. And “maybe they’re dogs” had me spitting out my coffee!! 🤣
So glad you guys got to enjoy it and thanks for bringing us along for the ride. Great memories.
Thanks so much as always Paul! It was utter chaos and wonder all at the same time. I still wonder where that 'maybe they are dogs' came from though haha.
Looking forward to your video! You got a brilliant location at least!
Cool Jeroen! Great that you captured this evening! It was really bizarre to see this in the Netherlands 😍
Thanks Mark! It was insane!
Love this video Jeroen. It portrayed the excitement and chaos of trying to capture photos, timelapses, vlogs at the same time - glad it wasn't just me 😂. You images are stunning, a lot more colour variety than we got. We also had lots of issues with cloud, fog, and lens fogging - and I only had one lens warmer unfortunately which meant the second camera couldn't be used for much of the night. Hope to get my vlog out in a few weeks.
Glad you enjoyed again and thanks for letting me know Greg! You were definately not the only one excited and chaotic at the same time haha. Also not the only one with lenses fogging up. There are various video moments where I forgot to wipe my lens. It fogged up in a matter of minutes at some time. Ofcourse I also forgot about that second dewheater I had in my bag... ;-).
Jeroen fantastic video and photos, a lot of excitement and frenzy to not miss anything of the show you were watching. Further south here we were also very lucky (Portugal) near sunset there were some clouds that soon moved away. This weekend I did 250km to a darker part of the country with two friends just with the intention of doing Nightscape, it was an unforgettable night, we were presented with Pink and Red colors I think because of our latitude and height that the Northern Lights formed , we stayed taking photos and enjoying the spectacle until dawn. It was simply memorable, thank you for sharing your emotions with us, see you soon
Thanks so much Mario! And what a great experience that must have been for you also so far South. Super special!
The first time you saw them in Portugal? Could you see them well with the naked eye. While you are far to the south, some advantage is to be had too: the sky is darker this time of year and if you would have gone to Serra da Estrela or in fact quite a few places inland the light pollution is also far far less than in The Netherlands. Onde ficaram as tuas fotografias no internet?
Wow, 52º North. I'm super jealous 🥰! What an amazing experience, those photos are some of the best of seen from the event.
Thanks man! That's a huge compliment 😀. Did you have any luck?
@@StarScaperPhoto yeah, was out half the night 😊. Despite being at 37° South, still had an unforgettable show.
That's great! I just see you've released a video also. Looking forward to enjoying your experience tonight! 👌
It was totally epic, definitely got the feel of the excitement of the night in your video
It was insane, right? Glad you also got to witness it!
Wow Jeroen!! Excitement well captured! Great! Btw.it was the 2nd biggest aurora show since recording and the strongest was in 1960. But we didn't know that back then. 💪 So happy we were out!
Thanks Jan! I did my best to semi-decently try and capture some of the night on video also. Although it's a bit all over the place I am glad I did. What a night! Your results also looked stunning. That pano with the mill dude!
Well not visibly. 1989, 2000, 2003 (two times) were much brighter. 1989 is from what I have been told, 2000 I saw with my own eyes (it was way brighter reds were so deep red you could read a newspaper in it) 2003 i did see fractions of it but it clouded up too quickly here in SW NL (Vrouwenpolder). Also in 2000 those intense bright reds with also very intense streamers lasted 2-3 hours. That is to say: at least visually it can be a lot better.
How good is this and love the excitement.. one of the best shows I have ever seen..
Thanks Virat! I hope you enjoyed it down under also!
I love the chaos in the video. It truly displays the passion you have for this.
Great pictures, you got some really strong color!
I missed it since i was packing down my old apartment.
But i got my fingers crossed that the sun will put on a show again in a few weeks when the sun spot is facing us again 🤞🏻
Thanks for sharing your amazing vlogs Jeroen!
Thank you so much Roy! Too bad you had to miss it. But like you said, you'll never know with the current conditions the sun is in 🤞.
Well done!!!!!!! It was a big luck to catch it! Unfortunately, my forecast was terrible. Pictures are great!!!
Thanks so much for watching! Sad to hear you had to miss it. You never know with this solar maximum period though when the next show might occur!
I missed both evenings here in Perth Jeroen due to illness but the images from WA were immense. Great to see the Nederlands got some action too ! The final images from both Frank and yourself were magnificent! 👏👏
So sad to hear you had to miss it because of illness Carl!
It was amazing, a frantastic show or the lights!
It was indeed! Absolutely unheard of. Thanks for watching!
An awesome video Jeroen and some fantastic images. 👍
I was also out with my camera on the same night, just south of Manchester airport on a hill in the peak district called Shining Tor.
It was a truly magical time for me, as this was the first time that I had seen the Aurora. I was rushing around like a little kid in a sweet shop. 😂
Thanks! Sounds like you also had a manic night! 😀
Great chaotic vlog and lekker compositions. It was such an amazing night and we are all part of history.
Haha, it was chaos and brilliant! Glad you were able to be part of it as well 👍
@@StarScaperPhoto we stand close to the dutch village Sittard and captured a windmill under the aurora
Chaotic but great video Jeroen! Whenever something this good occurs your mind just goes crazy to capture it and your usual methodical planning goes out the window!!! I didn't know which way to point my camera as the 'rainbow bridge' arced directly above me from East to West! And I dropped my intervalometer in the rush to get to my spot and had to retrace my steps to find it again!! But insane evening with a wonderful aurora that persisted long enough to grab some great shots like yours. :)😀
Thanks! And so glad to hear I was not the only one going nuts and forgetting all about basic planning hahaha.
It was great to watch it live! Seen the show from 22:30 and the one after 12! It was crazy!!
It totally was!
Brilliant, i also saw the Aroura borelais in gower in Wales United Kingdom took loads of images, yet another great video.
Thank you! So cool you were also abke to witness the show!
Great video Buddy !!
Thanks 👍
You caught the chaos perfectly! What a night to be out with a camera, one to remember. Excellent shots from both of you.
Thanks mate! Also loved your motorcycle pics. How rare to have shot your bike with aurora 😎
Beautiful, simple compositions. It is interesting to see what happened in the Netherlands because I saw it here in California at about 45 deg north(!) 7 hours after you did.
Thanks! Great you got to witness it to from there!
A great video which perfectly illustrates all the excitement, wonder and joy experienced only by those who had the chance to witness this historic moment under a magical sky that no one would have expected in our latitudes... I spent the night 3km from home, on a hill in the South of France just above the Mediterranean, at 43°N 🤩🤯🤩
It was ofc much less impressive than in "Northern" country like yours, but we still got an awe inspiring show...
Thank you! At 43 degrees North, can you imagine! So glad you got to witness it too.
@@StarScaperPhoto We are unlucky in Europe. HAd it been 43 North in the USA that would have been a better position than we have here at 52-53 north in Europe...
Thanks for the great Vlog...! So good to have a video "documentation" of this amazing event...:) I was running around like crazy too, because it was so overwhelming...:D
Thanks for watching again Benjamin! I guess we were all the same headless chickens 😅.
It was amazing! I have hours of footage and thousands of pictures to go through.
That is awesome!!!
Stunning images Jeroen, as always my friend. What an experience that was. . it was so good that people all over the planet got to see this remarkable event ..!!!!
Thank you so much Richard! Were you also able to witness and photograph it? Maybe a little video even? :-).
@@StarScaperPhoto Yes indeed. Watch for the video this weekend.
Looking forward to it!
I stayed up all night, it was still going at almost dawn
I knew you had a good show, but holy shit, the images came out fantasitc! Great video :D you told me you are worried how it will turn out, but its awesome! Excitement mixed chaos as it should be :D.
Thanks Matej!! You know in hindsight there are always things you think could have been better. With this video specifically. But actually I don't really matter in this case because it DOES give a rather accurate documentation of the chaos and excitement that really happened 😅. Thanks for watching!
I watched your video in horror 😢 We had only clouds all night. But man what a spectical! Great video and images as always 😊
Thanks André! Sad hear you got clouded out though!
Was pretty clouded out here in NSW Australia but I still went out and shot a time lapse and could clearly see it through the clouds.
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So great you tried despite the clouds!
Brilliant images. It would have been amazing to see. I did see a little of it in a Land down under, but I only saw some faint shades of reds and pinks.
Great you got to see it down under also! We saw some faint shades of red and maybe a bit of green to the naked eye. The video (and ofcourse photo) camera saw lots more.
Lovely vlog mate! Greetings from Norway
Haha, thanks buddy! When will you visit NL again? 😝
@@StarScaperPhoto Very Soon 😜
Man that's just unbelievable
Thanks! Once in a lifetime. But then again, you never know!
First of all great footage and a very nice place for beautiful compostions. Given the overcast weather of the last, well, months we were very very lucky to have such clear skies right at that moment!
I have nice pics too etc but am one of the few who was not too impressed for the simple reason that the lights in 2000 were so much brighter. The difference cannot be underestimated. But that is positive. While this show actually worldwide almost was seen to extremely low lattitudes, the colours that came through at least when I watched (0.45 h - 3.30 h LT) were in fact so so. But may be the show was at its peak before that?
But this is all meant in a positive way: this aurora was very good, but for The Netherlands not exceptional.
It's awesome you also were able to see it in 2000! I was only a kid and probably never heard of aurora back then 😅. Anyway, I had the time of my life!
@@StarScaperPhoto Sure you had the time of your life, I was cheering too. Of course it was great and the fact that another one was even more majestic is only meant to indicate that it could even become better, not to take anything away from anyones experience. A funny anecdote: I know people from the Sterrenwacht Phillipus Lansbergen in Middelburg. Now september 2011 I went to Vrouwenpolder, the darkest spot in the SW of NL. I went to one of the many obscure, sandy paths that lead over the dune to the shore. After an hour or so a guy came to me. Since there as no one around, I found it peculiar. It was the head of the Sterrenwacht. We laughed and he was pissed since he missed the weak display. Now on the 10th of May I went to a different spot, 10 km away from Vrouwenpolder. In the countryside where I also have a weatherstation installed in the field. So when I arrived I could hear voices 200-300 m down the road and figured people were watching too. After anhour I decided to move but figured they may be weren't well versed in Aurorae. may be I could help. So I parked my car next to theirs, went out and you guessed it: the same guy I met in 2011 in Vrouwenpolder was now here and needed no explanation at all. And this time, he was far more lucky then in 2011! we stood there for hours.
It was a magical night! Glad I witnessed it. I only need to learn how to properly edit the photos I took 😅
That's great to hear! For me the editing was pretty straight forward. The main thing to let the aurora pop a little bit more was to dehaze a bit in LR. But this might also have had to do with the hazy skies we got.