March 2004
Aurora Gallery
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Summary: Earth encountered a solar wind stream on March 9th, and that sparked auroras for several days. The best displays were at high latitudes: Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and some norther-tier US states like Wisconsin and Minnesota. Two more solar wind streams caused geomagnetic storms on March 12-13 and 18-19. See also the February 2004 aurora gallery.

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  Photographer, Location Images Comments

Pekka Parviainen,
SW-corner of Finland, about 60.6N & 21.5E
Mar. 10
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Auroras and gibbous, low moon lighting up frozen lake. Pictures either Kodak EB100 push processed to 400ASA and 28/1.4 lens for about 6-20 sec exposures, or Fuji Provia 400 push processed to 1600ASA and 16/2.8 lens for about 8-25 sec exposures.

Kim Randolph,
McGregor, Minnesota, USA
Mar. 10
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It was not a very bright display but covered a great deal of the northern sky from west to east. It appeared to drop down bit by bit from above. Canon G3, 200 ISO, f2.0 at 15 secs.

Daniel Tardif,
Beauport, north of Quebec City, Canada
Mar. 09
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It was a deep but beautiful aurora. On one of these, we can see my friend Jean Chiasson taking a shot.

Steve Irvine,
Big Bay, Ontario, Canada
Mar. 09
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These are two photos from the March 9th aurora. They are from the same roll of film, but they look different. The first one was taken at around 9 pm, before the moon had risen. The second one is more of an aqua green colour, and was taken at about 11 pm after the moon was well up in the sky. Both were 30 second exp. at f/2.8 with a 28mm lens on a Canon A-1 camera. Fuji Superia X-TRA 400 film.

Henrik Nygård,
Pyhtää, coast of southern Finland
Mar. 09
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It's not every day you see auroras in southern Finland. -12°C and a very bright, almost full moon in the south. Pictures taken with Canon Digital Ixus 400, ISO 100, exposure 8-13s.

Philippe Moussette,
Cap-Rouge Québec Canada
Mar. 09
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These auroras were photographed using my Canon Digital EOS REBEL camera. Exposure time 15 seconds at 800ASA.


Lorie Giebel,
Eagle River, Wisconsin, USA
Mar. 09
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Subtle waves, light to the eye, but the camera picked up green. About 8:30 pm.

Stephane Levesque,
Luceville,Quebec Canada
Mar. 09
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l took these photos with 16mm, 28mm, 50mm, 400 asa, 20-30 seconds.

Travis Favretto,
North of Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
Mar. 09
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This was the brightest display in several months, although it was fairly short-lived. Taken with Canon PowerShot A60, 15 seconds at f 2.8.

Peter Krzesinski,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Mar. 09
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These photos are from two seperate 'flare up' events, each lasting about 15 mins about 30 mins apart. Photo details: Canon S30 camera, most pictures are ISO400 equivalent and about a 5sec. exposure.

Jim Henderson,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Mar. 09

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First aurora since last year; heavy cloud cover and not very active, but for the desperate anything goes! Taken with Fuji S2 Pro, 15mm f2.8 Sigma for 20 secs at f2.8 with ISO 1600.

Dominic Cantin,
Valbélair ( 15 km north-west of Québec city )
Mar. 09
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I saw only a green arc without features. If I was more patient , I'd not missed a very good show that few of my friends , like Jean Chiasson , Daniel Tardif and Stephane Levesques photographed ~ 1 hour later after I left !!! photo details : 16 and 28mm @ f 2.8 , 20 sec , fuji superia 800

Poul Jensen,
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mar. 10
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This is probably the brightest purple aurora display I have witnessed. Photo details: Sigma 15mm f2.8 fisheye on Canon Digital Rebel, ISO800, 3.2 sec. exposure.

Jean Chiasson,
Beauport, North of Quebec City, Canada
Mar. 09
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Photo details: Ricoh XR-1; Fujicolor Superia 800 X-Tra; 16mm - f/2.8, 25 sec.

Roman Krochuk,
Fairbanks, AK
Mar. 11
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Again, I missed the most intense display - watched it from my car on the way to the shooting spot. What you see is just a later-on part of the great night in the sky.

Rémi Boucher,
Sherbooke, (Qc), Canada.
Mar. 09
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The best of this show was when the green aurora arc broke into many parts and produce those beautiful moving lights. Details : Nikon Coolpix 4500, 400ISO, 5 to 12 seconds exposure.

Paul Packer,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Mar. 09
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Panorama of 4 photos from approx west to north east. Taken from my back yard. Nikon Coolpix 5400, 400 ISO, 30sec, F2.8

Steve Ansell,
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mar. 09
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The auroras appeared for only a minute or two, just long enough to take one quick picture and watch them dance off across the sky. Canon G3 / F2.0 / 15sec / ISO 100

 

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