They’re not mega saturated, they’re overexposed, which isn’t atypical when photographing at night. Most pictures you’d see of the milky way were captured this way.
Unless you are in an area with low light pollution, it doesn't look like it does in photos. You can't exactly increase the exposure time of your eyeballs :D
You see like purple/orange streaks in the sky, still beautiful, but the cameras exaggerate it.
Okay, because I got an acceptable amount of aurora after adding the “enhance” filter on my Pixel, taken from my driveway, through light pollution of town. But I couldn’t see shit but faint streaks. I could tell it was dancin’…
I dont have a pixel, but if there's like a "pro" mode in the camera app, you can play around with the shutter speed and expose for longer. After the event the sky looked normal, but I could still get the purple green with my phone camera!
On the Pixel I’d recommend the astrophotography mode which exposes for 4 to 5 minutes, it works very well.
You need to use the night mode in the camera and then put the phone on a tripod or lean it against something so it won’t move, after a few seconds the shutter button will turn into a stars symbol. Then press the shutter button and it will tell you how long you should leave the phone there.
Aw man, it came and I missed it? I need more details. About what time? Where at? Facing which direction? I kept an eye out last night but didn’t see anything before bed.
Dang I’m in a northern climate and though we get them occasionally I’ve never seen anything like what people have been posting. Typically I see green and blue dancing waves, but this looks like a full sky, full color gradient. Looks absolutely amazing!
Wow, I recognized that immediately because My Mechanics is restoring one of these. He just published a video where he removes the hole for that blinker. Here’s the first video, if you’re interested: youtu.be/B13vXFj37RI
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