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Seeing the northern lights in person is definitely near the top of my “Things to Do Before I Die list. Until then, however, I figured I could make do with engineering them digitally. The unique look and motion could be called abstract, but when you really study them you realize how particular their movement is. I discovered a great technique after a good deal of experimentation that involves projecting Bercon Noise patterns through a directional light.
Having had time at work to perfect the technique for use in a project, I was able to use the render farm to render long sequences and examine the motion. This video shows the raw un-color corrected renders and is just a small sample of my full results. More to come soon.
