Aurora colors – Eye and camera

Camera on the left, human eyes on the right.

1. Most Common, the green color is visible to our eye, but red-purple is nearly without color:

Color comparison camera vs eye, 1

2. When the red color high up becomes visible, the eye can see the color pretty well. Usually then is will be there for quite a while.:

Color comparison camera vs eye, 2

3. Seldom, during a strong geomagnetic storm, nearly all colors were visible:

Color comparison camera vs eye, 3