Vincent Ledvina
@Vincent_Ledvina
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“The Aurora Guy” 📸 Northern lights photographer in Alaska!🔭Space Physics PhD student @UAFGI☀️💨Space science intern at an aerospace company, Tweets/views own!
Fairbanks, Alaska
Joined August 2014
Just had FIVE bookings this morning with Maia for Feb/March. If you're looking for a great aurora tour option for Fairbanks this spring, check Maia's availability soon:
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"Hmm. I wonder why the ground is so green?".*pans camera*.😯
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If you tap, hold and load in 4k, you’ll be able to count every single star in the sky ;)
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Witnessed literally the most insane aurora of my life tonight in Fairbanks. This was unreal.
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I had to drop off some friends at the airport, but the aurora was too bright to ignore. I pulled over and we all watched as the sky came alive. Fairbanks, AK.3-25-23
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I have never seen the skies more colorful and alive than two nights ago - truly an insane experience under the aurora.
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Stunning. This is what the aurora looked like over the U.S. last night from a satellite passing over.
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These photos were all taken one minute apart. February 14, 2023 - the "Valentines Day Storm"
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Here's what the aurora looked in like in real-time last night over our heads in Fairbanks, Alaska
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Last night's aurora in my front yard. North Pole, Alaska around 3 am. Even with bz north, the CME produced some nice views! Never gets old!.#spaceweather
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So I just walked out my front door and saw THIS! Wow. Literally got out of bed in my pajamas and threw on my boots 😂😂
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Stepping outside my apartment in North Pole, Alaska during a geomagnetic storm.
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The aurora borealis one hour ago in Fairbanks, Alaska
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When the aurora is so bright you don't need your headlights to see the road😳.#justalaskathings
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The aurora about 20 minutes ago from my driveway in North Pole, Alaska! Spectacular!
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Alaska had CRAZY colors tonight in the aurora… insane stuff here. My first aurora of the season!
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Last night in Fairbanks we had some amazing pink colors caued by high-energy nitrogen emissions during a brief but intense substorm. I like to call this "watermelon aurora." 🍉
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What I'm dubbing the "Valentine's Day Storm" - one of the most amazing nights of auroras I've had in my life. When I saw them getting bright, I had to pull over on the side of the road - I ended up staying there the entire night because the auroras never quit!
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Normal aurora vs. blood red aurora. I've never seen the colors like these before!
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The skies absolutely exploded last night. This is a real-time video taken around 3 am just east of Denali National Park. Still can't get over how colorful and active this aurora was. #aurora #NorthernLights .@StoryfulViral @TamithaSkov
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The finale of the 2022-23 aurora season - last Sunday in Denali National Park. magic in the sky.
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The colors tonight in the aurora were absurd. Welcome to solar maximum, and guess what, we’re not even CLOSE to being done, yet.
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Alaska, you've done it again! The aurora last night near Cantwell, just east of Denali National Park.
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iPhone photo vs. Professional Mirrorless camera…
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One of the most vibrant displays of northern lights just occured above my head in Fairbanks, Alaska. All the colors you see here were easily discernable with my eye, including the red, which is particularly rare to see! This was an unforgettable aurora!!
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I swear this is one of the most beautiful things you can ever see on this planet…
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More views of the crazy purples seen up here in Alaska on Sunday night! The sky was lit up!
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This may not be the prettiest aurora photo you've ever seen, but guess what, I just saw the aurora from freaking INDIA. through light pollution, over the Himalayas. Leh, India, 1:35 am IST, 5-11-24, elev. 11,600 ft. Sony a7r iv, 14 mm f/1.8 GM, 30 s, f/1.8, ISO 400
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How do you know an aurora is bright? Look at the ground. If it's green, you're dealing with a particularly intense display. From last Thursday, the Kp 8 storm.
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G4 GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH MEGATHREAD (continuously updated) .When will you see northern lights tomorrow?.Who will see them?.When is the CME impacting?.What's going on?.How can I make sure I see the aurora?.Will I see the aurora where I live?.Let me try and answer these Qs.
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This one blew me away. tonight's aurora was epic!
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In my element - in the middle of a boreal forest deep in the Alaskan Interior with auruoras blazing 360-degrees around me, my cameras clicking away to document the memory. Filmed on Feb. 14, 2023 near Fairbanks, AK.
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The most incredible purple colors I've ever seen in the aurora EVER! Look at this!
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HUGE aurora pop right through the big dipper up phere in Fairbanks, AK! This was insanely bright and colorful to the eye. Around 30 seconds in, the aurora goes from great to mind-blowingly spectacular.
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Honestly the photo I just took here with my phone looks like it was created by AI 😂. But it wasn’t!
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Photographed a surprise proposal last night under the aurora! The lights even formed a heart shape which worked out really nice.
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Someone said the aurora is forming the bat signal and now I can’t unsee it 😂
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Crazy watermelon auroras in North Pole, Alaska tonight!
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HOW TO CHASE THE G3 GEOMAGNETIC STORM AURORA TOMORROW - MEGATHREAD!. Let's assume the CME just hit and you are ready to go out? What should you do? What data do you look at? Where should you drive? How do you take a photo?. As a professional aurora chaser, let me explain.
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This is a historic geomagnetic storm now - we may see G5 (Kp 9) conditions soon.
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The pinks were very vibrant last night in Fairbanks, Alaska. Here are just a couple shots.
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Tap, hold and load in 4K. Look at all those CRISPY details :)
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Sooo in case you didn’t know, the aurora can MOVE… and when I say move, I mean REALLY move!
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Pointed my camera up at the perfect time, right as the aurora exploded and rained down directly over me. A perfect example of what we call a “corona” (deriving from the Latin word for crown)!
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Intense blood red auroras north of Coldfoot, Alaska. February 27, 2023. Hoping for more nights like this soon!
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"Lay Down!". Sometimes, that's all you can do when the aurora explodes right overhead. In this clip, I tell my friends to lay down and stop taking photos - this is a moment worth watching and enjoying without the worry of capturing it. I'm laying in the snow just watching the
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The auroras danced last night starting around 2:30 am until around 4:30 am! This was the start of the show before things really kicked off!
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An even more insane clip from last night - the sky literally turned into a portal to another universe, it didn't feel real. This aurora explosion was one of the coolest things I have ever witnessed in my lifetime. I filmed this in Fairbanks, Alaska at around 10:33 pm AKDT. This
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Alaska: "But we only have three hours of darkness!".CME: "Hold my aurora. "
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How about these colors tonight? Wow wow wow. Fairbanks, Alaska
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Timelapse of the aurora explosion from January 13 right outside our AirBnB near Seljalandsfoss, Iceland! You can really see how fast the aurora changed, it was amazing to see in person, the camera doesn't do it justice!. @TamithaSkov #aurora #northernlights
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When the entire sky moves like this, there are no words to describe the feeling. October 28, 2023 in Fairbanks, Alaska
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Alaska was perfectly positioned for a 16-hour non-stop show of aurora yesterday. Maia was able to capture all of it with guests on her tour—here’s just one shot of some extremely tall auroral pillars moving in from the southern horizon during a substorm expansion.
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These photos were taken 30 seconds apart. The aurora is very dynamic and can move quickly. This is why I like timelapse - not only can I recreate the movement of the aurora through videos, but I can select the best times where the aurora manifested interesting shapes. 2-15-2023
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Trying to outrun the sunrise in Denali National Park while enjoying a sky full of lavender aurora…
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Bright arcs of aurora forming here at PFRR in Alaska!!
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Hello new followers (and old followers who I haven't introduced myself to)! I'm happy you found my page. My name is Vincent Ledvina, I'm an aurora chaser, astrophotographer, graduate student, and I'm here to share my love for the auroras with the world!
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Boom! Aurora explosion minutes ago above my house in North Pole, Alaska!
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An aurora "corona" in all its beauty and splendor - a brief moment when the skies open up and a rainbow rains down on you.
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Last night during the second aurora explosion around 12:15 am.
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Will we get aurora on Monday night? There is a G3 geomagnetic storm (Kp 7) currently forecasted, meaning the lights could be seen down to mid or even low-latitudes!.What is happening, when will it hit, will there be aurora, and how can you see it? Let's dive in!
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The most insane aurora I have witnessed. Finally got around to processing this monster of a timelapse from March 5 in Fort Yukon, Alaska. Hope you enjoy!. #aurora #northernlights
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One of my favorite photos of the aurora I’ve taken. February 14, 2023 in Fairbanks, Alaska
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Before vs. during an auroral substorm in Fairbanks, Alaska. Look how different the ground looks let alone the sky. Thats how you know it’s bright.
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Here is a beautiful timelapse of a dynamic aurora featuring deep red colors. This shot faces SOUTH and the aurora is actually seen on the horizon. Since I am located in Fairbanks, AK, that aurora would be directly overhead in Anchorage. The "Valentine's Day Aurora Storm" (2-14)
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This is what the aurora looks like directly overhead…
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Absolutely incredible aurora tonight… and the video keeps getting better and better as you watch it. This was the best aurora I’ve seen in recent memory. Blown away…
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Nice aurora tonight in North Pole, Alaska above my house! Here's a real-time video.
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Calling this one the “pink starburst aurora” from now on!
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Just now called my mom and she sent me this photo from our back deck in Somerset, Wisconsin. Her first time seeing red aurora :)
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2024 is the year of the aurora! Can’t wait to see what more we see this year. The season is just getting started!
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Timelapse of an aurora explosion a couple weeks ago in Denali National Park. I just finished processing this sequence this morning.
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Another real-time video from last night's lively auroral display. The movement was really awesome! This is real-time motion, NOT sped up!. #aurora #northernlights
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Anyone else a fan of red auroras?? They're my favorite :)
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Timelapse of an insane aurora on April 23, 2023 from Denali National Park, Alaska
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Good night world!. Here's my magnum opus of aurora timelapses, over 8000 images over 17 nights of spectacular northern lights over Fort Yukon, Alaska. I really pushed myself harder than ever to create something special. Let me know what you think.
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Real-time video of a massively bright aurora last night right over my head in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Aurora chasing season has been awesome so far this fall!
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The color of the aurora was magical last night in Fairbanks, Alaska! Deep reds, purples, and blues that were quite the rare sight. Usually, auroras are green, but not last night!. (4x5 crop)
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I observed some very interesting striated aurora around 11:40 pm AKST on 2-14-23. Here is a real-time video of that formation. It's almost hypnotizing.
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What a night tonight! Just a few steps from my door here in North Pole, Alaska. The skies exploded right after sunset with vibrant green and pink (nitrogen fringe) aurora! This week has been great for northern lights up here. This aurora season is not messing around!
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Aurora is completely NUTS right now in Iceland!!!!
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Well, while we continue to drink our coffee and stay up in anticipation for this CME, even if it never comes, I just want to say thank you to all the new followers over the last few days who have been along for the journey and enjoying my content :). My goal is to make the aurora
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