August 2005
Aurora Gallery
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Summary: A pair of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) hit Earth's magnetic field on August 24th, sparking a severe geomagnetic storm. These CMEs were launched toward Earth by M-class explosions near fast-growing sunspot 798. Sky watchers saw auroras as far south as Colorado and Utah in the United States. [See also the July 2005 aurora gallery.]

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  Photographer, Location Images Comments

Anthony Arrigo,
Park City, Utah
Aug. 24
#1, #2, #3

I got a call around 3:30am from SpaceWeather Phone, walked outside on my back deck and saw these auroras. Even a really bright moon was no match for the auroras for a little while.

Justin Glasener,
Chippewa Falls, WI
Aug. 24
#1, #2, #3

'I woke around 5:00 AM to a sky full of green and purple aurora. I got the camera out just before the sun rose. A beautiful August show! Photo details: Nikon Coolpix 5400, 30 sec exposure.'

Brian Ruddy,
Isle Royale National Park, Mott Island, Michigan, USA
Aug. 24
#1, #2

A bright moon can sometimes add to a composition if the auroras are vivid. Sony DSC-F707 digital camera, 400 ASA, F2, 7-13 second exposures, wide angle adapter

Jimmy Westlake,
Yampa, Colorado
Aug. 24
#1

Bright moonlight illuminated the foreground nicely, but definitely cut down on the sky contrast. Still, it was a colorful and beautiful storm to the unaided eye! The mountain in the foreground is Yampa Butte. I used a Fuji FinePix S2 digital camera set at ISO 400 with a 35 mm lens at f3.3 for this 30 second exposure.

Yuichi Takasaka,
New Aiyansh, British Columbia, Canada
Aug. 24
#1, #2, more

Aurora started to appear around 23:30 and kept on going until well over 05:30 in the morning. Pentax *istD, SMC-DA 14mm lens.

Jim Tegerdine,
Marysville, WA USA (48N, 122W)
Aug. 24
#1, more

The Northern Lights brightened the skies for at least an hour at about 3:00 a.m. PDT.

Karl Kuehn,
Greene, NY
Aug. 24
#1, #2, #3

The subsiding aurora display still made for some nice viewing here in Upstate NY. These photos were taken about 9:30 local time. (Canon 10D, ISO 800, ~25s exp.)

Brian Nam,
North of Spokane Valley, WA
Aug. 24
#1, #2, #3

Despite bright city lights, some wispy clouds, slight haze and a bright moon I was able to observe this impressive aurora show around 0330 to 0500. It went from a featureless glow to discreet rays and wave like pulsations, even saw a bit of color beyond green. Photo details: Canon A95, 200ASA, 7s exposures

Daryl Pederson,
Girdwood Alaska
Aug. 10
#1

While checking the fish smoker around 2a.m. I was treated to the first display of northern lights of the season. In my twenty years of aurora photography this is the earliest I have been able to shoot them in southcentral Alaska.

Chris Gray,
Moosehorn Dist. Mantiba Canada
Aug. 06
#1,

This mild display had been active for about 40 min. When the temperature dropped and the meadow I was in filled with ground mist and a little higher some fog. The fog picked up the colour from the aurora. Turned out to be a very good evening (morning actually)

more images: from Daniel Robnik, age 15, on top of a hill in Lilydale, Tasmania, Australia (August 24); from Lindsay Knowles of Pakenham, Victoria, Australia;

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