Extreme real-time northern lights

Recorded on Friday, February 13th, 2026 at 22:07 UTC in the Lyngen Alps region of North Norway.

Camera: Sony alpha 7S III, ISO 32000, 25fps
Lens: Walimex 24 mm @f/2

Processed in DaVinci Resolve and slightly denoised with ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "hqdn3d=1.5:1.5:4:4" -c:v h264_nvenc -preset p7 -cq 18 -c:a copy output_denoised.mp4

It was breathtaking to watch how that rather static green arc suddenly developed into those rolling bands, dancing rays and stunning corona. The colors were readily visible to the naked eye.