And now, just for fun, here's an image of the hills around Otago Harbour taken with a full spectrum camera using a blue filter. #DunedinNZ#landscape#NewZealand#sunrise
Here's another image of the famous Hoopers Inlet Boat shed after the storm in February 2018. The night was so special; still and calm with reflections to die for. This is a 2 minute exposure. On nights like this the scientist in me admires the star colours telling me about their temperature. The poet in me (?) absorbs the experience and thinks of words that work. #dunedinNZ#NewZealand#nightphotography#boatshed
A beautiful morning here in Dunedin, so I just had to stop on my morning commute to take a few images with my full spectrum camera using an IR filter. Here's a panorama showing the view from Pineapple rock looking towards Mount Cargill on the left and Pudding Island on the right... #DunedinNZ
So... just for larks I took my Infrared camera on @airnz flight 680 from #DunedinNZ to #Wellington earlier this morning. The sun was rising but the rivers and mountains really stand out in the IR! #airnewzealandshareme#landscape
Decided to take the high road into Dunedin today. Packed my Infrared camera just for larks. Here's a view looking down the harbour. i love how trees look in the IR! #NewZealand#DunedinNZ
Took this picture on this day last year. Why is June 6th always beautiful in Dunedin? I'm calling this pic "person on paddle board" #paddleboard#DunedinNZ#NewZealand
Another one from the archives. Back in July 2016 I was on board the SOFIA Observatory. On the way back to Christchurch we flew over my home town of Ōtepoti Dunedin at about 4am on a Monday morning. Not many planes fly at 41,000 feet over Dunedin so I managed to snap a picture showing the city lights and the Otago Peninsula. Some stars can be seen too! #DunedinNZ
Last night at around 9:30pm, aurora chasers across the Otago Peninsula (who weren't blinded by the constant flow of traffic with full beam headlights) got to see a beautiful pinky white beam running across the sky from east to west. This is STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) which isn't actually an aurora at all. It is an atmospheric ribbon of hot gas some 450km above the surface of the earth.