The videos you’ve seen where it is this waves of light shimmering in the night sky…. They’re kinda BS. As I said the camera and a longer exposure makes it pop. And time lapse shows the motions

As I said we could see it. It was dark but nowhere near pitch black but the camera made it amazing

runeko

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The night filter on the camera makes it look better than with the naked eye.

bleistift2

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I didn’t expect sparkling rainbows, but I saw literally nothing. Just a regular starry night. :(

runeko

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I don't know what OP saw but this is a comparison of what I saw with my eyes vs photo.

JackGreenEarth

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How did you take a photo of what you saw with your eyes?

runeko

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Just like you would, fellow human, with my ocular image receptors. (camera night mode off approximated what I saw pretty well)

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