Rods are more sensitive to light than cones. This is why in low light, colors appear muted. In this context, photographers can adjust the length of exposure to get an image that is more colorful than what our eyes can perceive. Really depends on how bright the aurorae are which can be affected by various factors such as light pollution, solar wind speed, and latitude.
Because it’s travelling backwards in time. That’s why it appears in black and white. You’re only seeing the past version of it.
Wait, that’s what that white thing was? I thought that was a cloud.
Do you live in a predominantly white neighborhood?
It depends on how bright it is where you are.
When it’s very very dim your color sensing part of your eyes, which are less sensitive to light, don’t work. Only the black and white parts of your vision work.
Kind of.
