The brighter wins out at the expense of the more subtle details. Adjacent images are also taken just 10 secs apart . The storm on 10 September lasted 13 minutes and was not forecasted to occur. While the storm ended within an hour after arriving in Alaska, I was successful in capturing a full, multi-colored corona and bands. Most adjacent images are also taken just 10 secs apart.
Times are approximate.
James Travis 60 miles to the east recorded this event at the same time. Note the difference in perspective. Left image color corrected from negative. I am often asked if my pictures are representative of what the eye sees. In many of my photos, I attempt to capture the aurora as closely as I can to reality but the nature of film cannot reproduce what the more sensitive eye can discern.