{"id":112893,"date":"2024-10-11T11:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112893"},"modified":"2024-10-11T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:22:45","slug":"how-to-take-pictures-of-the-northern-lights-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112893","title":{"rendered":"How to take pictures of the Northern Lights on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-3.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-3.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-3.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-3.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-3.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The biggest geomagnetic storm in over 20 years is hitting the Earth this weekend, and it\u2019s leading to the Northern Lights being visible in huge portions of the Northern hemisphere. Here\u2019s how to take a picture of the Northern Lights using a Google Pixel smartphone or other Android devices.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-619401\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Northern Lights \u2013 aurora borealis \u2013 are usually only visible in far north portions of the globe. They\u2019re a result of solar storms passing by the Earth and the charged particles interacting with gases in the atmosphere. It\u2019s a dramatic view in the sky, and this weekend it\u2019s visible in parts of the globe that rarely ever see it. That includes wide portions of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Starting on May 10 and also occurring on May 11 \u2013 albeit not as strong \u2013 you can look up and see aurora borealis. This will vary depending on where you live, the level of light pollution, and many other factors. To the naked eye, you might notice some colors in the sky or a slight tint, but a camera can actually see more in the right conditions.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Update 10\/10\/2024:<\/strong> As another strong solar storm arrives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/news\/g4-severe-storm-watch-10-11-october\">the Northern Lights are broadly available to see across large portions of the United States<\/a>. It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/10\/aurora-forecast-northern-lights-solar-storm-hurricane-milton#:~:text=%22when%20skies%20are%20clear%2C%20the%20aurora%20(northern%20lights)%20could%20be%20visible%20as%20far%20south%20as%20alabama%20and%20northern%20california%20tonight%2C%22%20noaa%20said%20thursday.\">estimated <\/a>that the aurora could be visible as far south as Alabama or parts of California. In many cases, in a dark environment, the aurora is still visible in a Night Sight capture even if they\u2019re barely visible or not visible to the naked eye.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Using a long-exposure mode on your camera, such as Google Pixel\u2019s astrophotography, you can capture the Northern Lights in a way that looks even better than it does to the naked eye. Here\u2019s how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>To start, you\u2019ll need two things. A dark environment with minimal light pollution, and a tripod. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Mount your phone to the tripod<\/strong> and open the camera app. Then, on a Pixel, <strong>switch to the \u201cNight Sight\u201d mode<\/strong> along the bottom bar. If the Northern Lights are already clearly visible to your eye, you\u2019ll probably be able to capture it just using Night Sight on its own. But astrophotography can capture much more detail, and a time-lapse too.<\/p>\n<p>To <strong>trigger astrophotography<\/strong> on your Pixel, set the phone on a tripod and ensure it\u2019s on a steady surface. After a few seconds staying still, you\u2019ll see a <strong>star icon<\/strong> (see image above) appear on the shutter button. Gently tap that button and then your phone will start the process which can take up to 4 minutes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-558837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=155,78 155w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=700,350 700w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=768,384 768w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=1024,512 1024w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=1536,768 1536w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=350,175 350w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=140,70 140w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=1600,800 1600w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=290,145 290w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/03\/Night-Sight-2.jpg?resize=150,75 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Night Sight mode on Google Pixel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once the shot is finished, your phone will process the image and export a still photo as well as a time-lapse of the shot, which is especially fun for capturing the Northern Lights.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of shots we captured from North Carolina during the first night of the aurora borealis on May 10.<\/p>\n<p>While not many other Android phones have dedicated modes for astrophotography, you can still capture a good shot with standard night modes. Most phones, including Samsung Galaxy devices, will switch to night mode automatically when it\u2019s dark enough.<\/p>\n<p>A good rule of thumb would be that if you can see the Northern Lights with the naked eye, you phone\u2019s standard night mode can probably capture an image of it too. If you can only barely see the aurora, you\u2019ll likely need to dive into a manual shooting mode and look for long exposure options. <\/p>\n<p>On modern Samsung Galaxy devices, you\u2019ll be able to access long-exposure in two ways. Under the dedicated \u201cNight\u201d mode, you can switch from auto exposure to \u201cMax.\u201d Alternatively, you can dive into the \u201cPro\u201d mode and crank up the \u201cSpeed\u201d to 5 or 6 seconds. Like with Pixel, you\u2019ll absolutely need a tripod for this.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve taken or use this guide to take pictures of the Northern Lights with your Android phone, share them in the comments below!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-on-android\">More on Android:<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Ben:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusBen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Threads<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XUKWGX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-644396\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/750-x-150.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/10\/10\/how-to-take-pictures-northern-lights-android-google-pixel\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest geomagnetic storm in over 20 years is hitting the Earth this weekend, and it\u2019s leading to the Northern Lights being visible in huge portions of the Northern hemisphere. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112893\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8630],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}