Northern Lights Photo Gallery
December 2010
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Summary: Solar activity continues to increase after a two-year solar minimum that ranks among the century's deepest. The return of sunspots and a resurgent solar wind is good news for aurora watchers, who are seeing some of the best displays since ~2006. See also November 2010.

 
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Paul McCrone,
DMSP satellite imagery processed at the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center in Monterey, CA
Dec. 30, 2010
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Very Bright Aurora Borealis were again observed using the DMSP F13,F17, & F18 polar orbiting satellites. This imagery was generated using visual and infrared imagery from the Operational Linescan System (OLS) on the DMSP spacecraft, revealing the sinuous path of these energetic particles entering Earth's upper atmosphere.


Jan Hugo Salamonsen,
Rakkenes, island of Kvaloya. Near town Tromso, north of Norway.
Dec. 28, 2010
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Taken with Canon 7D, f4, 15s, 1600 ASA.


Fredrik Broms,
Kvaløya, Norway
Dec. 28, 2010
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Yesterday (27 Dec) produced some nice auroras here in Northern Norway, but tonight the sky exploded. Auroras were dancing all over the sky and far in the south, producing several nice coronas. Brilliant Venus can be seen over the barn. Nikon D3, AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2,8 various settings.


Paul McCrone,
Imagery was processed at the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, Monterey, CA
Dec. 28, 2010
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These dramatic images from the US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) show Aurorae over the polar regions north of Scandinavia. These images use both nighttime visual and infrared imagery from the DMSP satellites F17 & F18 on Dec. 28 , 2010.


Timo Newton-Syms,
Ruka, Finland
Dec. 28, 2010
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Northern lights (aurora borealis) in Ruka, Finland easily seen even with all the street lights and garden lights. Panasonic DMC-FX35, 30s exposure.


Severin Sadjina,
Vigra, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Dec. 28, 2010
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We had to wait a long time for some auroras to show again in Ålesund, western Norway. Finally, we received an unexpected short outburst and I was lucky enough to have my camera ready. But before I could actually get a little further away from the settlements to include some of the amazing landscapes around this part of Norway, it was all over again. Maybe next time! This was taken with a Canon 5D Mark II (at ISO200) and the Canon 24mm f/1.4LII lens (at f/2.0). I used five exposures between 30s and 1/10s and fused them.


more images: from Ken Stenek of Shishmaref, Alaska; from Chad Blakley of Abisko National Park, Sweden; from Bjarki Mikkelsen of Porjus. Arctic Sweden Lapland; from Helge Mortensen of Kvaløya, Norway; from Thomas Achermann of Kutuniva, Lapland, Finland