The times they are a-changin’.
This post seems to be older than 7 years—a long time on the internet. It might be outdated.
On my latest flight from Seattle to Heathrow I took a stab at making a time lapse.
We were scheduled to leave Seattle at 7:20pm1, so I was hoping capture the aurora borealis during the night portion of the flight since we would be flying at at a pretty high latitude, even dipping into the arctic circle for a bit.
Unfortunately I failed to account for the fact that during the summer darkness is at a premium which I should have remembered given my prior travels to high northern latitudes. So, we never reached night and I didn’t capture any auroras.
It was still a good test and I’ve learned some things to refine for next time2. I’ll be getting a larger SD card for sure and will probably use a slightly different mounting technique so I don’t have to shoot through the Go Pro case. I also want to figure out a window cover I can put over it so A) my reflection doesn’t show up; and B) I’m not blasting the entire cabin with light while everyone tries to sleep (sorry guys!).
Gear list:
- GoPro HD HERO2 with BacPac
- Generic suction cup mount w/ tripod mount
- 8GB SD Card
- Time Lapse Assembler for OSX