March 2008
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Summary: A solar wind stream hit Earth on March 8th sparking auroras as far south in the United States as Michigan and Wyoming. See also February 2008.

 
  Photographer, Location Images Comments


Zoltan Kenwell,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Mar. 8, 2008
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It was a wild night outside the Edmonton city limits. Warm, low wind, and clear!

Photo details: Canon EOS-1D Mark III and Sigma 12-24mm lens. 1600 ISO @ 30 sec, f/5


Aleksander Chernucho,
Russian,Kolyskia penunsula,mountan Khibiny
Mar. 8, 2008
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Photo details: Nikon D200, ISO 640-800, 30s f/3.5-4 10-18mm


Dave Hughes,
West of Edmonton Alberta Canada
Mar. 9, 2008
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Looked at the sky near midnight and seen narrow fingers of light across the zenith which soon grew in intensity to a great show!

Photo details: Canon 5D, 24-70mm lens


Terry Mann,
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mar. 8, 2008
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My husband, Tim and I are visiting Alaska. While Ohio was experiencing a blizzard we were enjoying a different kind of storm. We started imaging about 8pm last night and finished at sunrise this morning. last night was a beautiful night. It is clearing right now and the cameras are ready!


Jule Smeester,
Around 2am on 3-9-08 in Iron Mountain Michigan.
Mar. 9, 2008
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There was alot of light polution here so when I seen the northern light,got my camera out and took some picture ontop of Pine Mountin Hill.The mixture of the aurorus and light polution turned out nice I Think.


Ken Scott,
Leelanau County, Michigan, USA
Mar. 9, 2008
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The auroras were dim, but with a long enough exposure, they recorded nicely. Temp was a -10f and breezy. There were two shows going on at the same time, one to the north and one to the south! green to the north and redish to the south.

Photo details: Nikon Coolpix 8400m 100asa, 1-3min exposure


Travis Favretto,
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Mar. 9, 2008
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The glow to the north caught my eye while playing hockey on a backyard rink, bright enough to be visible from within the city and with floodlights beaming down on the ice. I then drove to the outskirts of town just in time to catch a bright substorm with lots of movement and detail.

Photo details: Canon EOS 350D with Tamron 18-200mm lens, 30 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 1600.


Horace Smith,
North of Lansing, Michigan.
Mar. 9, 2008
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A nice auroral display, although almost entirely within 25 degrees of the northern horizon. The display was seen for more than 3 hours.

Photo details: 15 second exposures with a Canon Digital Rebel camera, set to ASA 800.


Beth Allan,
Paddle Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Mar. 8, 2008
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These auroras were incredibly active - flickering and dancing across the sky and really did look like a river or a ribbon being blown across the sky from one horizon to the other.

Photo details: Canon 40D digital camera, 400 ISO, 14s exposure, f-stop 4.0, 17mm focal length.


Rijk-Jan Koppejan,
Straumnes, Lofoten, Norway
Mar. 8, 2008
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Just after dinner on march 8, we were surprised by more or less unexpected auroras around 19:30 local time in Straumnes, Lofoten, Norway. I'm there with other members of Philippus Lansbergen Observatory from Middelburg, The Netherlands. We travelles all the way up north to the polar light center in order to watch somee aurora. We were lucky this week: we've seen some very nice and bright aurora.


Steven Elliot,
Due East of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Mar. 9, 2008
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Nice dancing display although the cloud cover was not ideal, combined with extreme light pollution due to the flare at Jeoffre Petrochemical Plant.

Photo details: Sony A100, 30sec, ISO 100, f4.0, 20mm.

more images: from Steven Robinson of Casper, Wyoming; from Rachel of Republic/Curlew Washington; from R Glenn Jewers of Fort McMurray, Alberta, CANADA; from Sahaja Freed of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; from Steven Martin of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;