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| Summary: A coronal mass ejection (CME) swept past Earth on Nov. 20th and sparked bright auroras as far south as Florida in the United States and Greece in Europe. The source of the CME was sunspot 484--one of the trio of active regions that caused intense geomagnetic storms last month. See, e.g., the October 2003 aurora gallery. Page 1 | This is Page 2 | Page 3 Unless otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted by the photographers. |
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Chris
VenHaus, |
#1, #2, more | The show was excellent to watch, but so-so for photography. The pulsations and flashes reminded me of the end of "2001: A Space Odyssey..." |
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David
Zelden, North Toronto, Canada Nov. 20 |
#1, #2, #3 | Canon EOS Fuji 400 ISO 20 seconds |
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Larry
Burdick, |
#1, #2 | Taken with a Nikon D100 set at 800ASA 30sec EXP |
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Sherry
Buttnor, |
#1, #2 | S. Buttnor: "What a beautiful display here on the west coast! Gorgeous reds and greens, arcs and curtains, delicate rays and columns of pulsing colour. Just spectacular! Camera: Canon PowerShot A70 at ISO 200." |
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Alan
Stankevitz, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA Nov. 20 |
#1, #2, #3 | The Leonids were a bust here the previous night (clear skies/low activity), but I managed to capture a couple of them with the Northern Lights at around 4AM this morning near LaCrosse, Wi. It was quite a show! Camera: Canon D60, 15 sec, ASA800, 20mm lens. |
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Yuichi
Takasaka, Gingolx, BC, Canada Nov. 20 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more | A faint glow started just after local midnight. Although it was windy and -4C, I was outside until 3AM enjoying red aurora. Detailed data at www.blue-moon.ca |
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Jan
Curtis, |
#1, #2 | J. Curtis: "Big surprise this morning. At 5:30AM MST, flaming red northern horizon with tall rays. Taken with Sony Mavica, 8 secs." |
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Steve
Abarta, Yakima, Washington, USA Nov. 20 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 | The auroraa appeared shortly before 2 a.m local time as a green glow to the north. The display peaked around 2:30 a.m. and was over by 3. Very deep and bright reds, greens were not as prevelant this time. Photo Details: Sony CD Mavica CD300. 400 ASA, 8s exposure, F2.1 |
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Astrid
Jonker, The Netherlands, Nov. 20th |
#1, #2, | I waited for this all my life. And now just outside my house for many hours the Aurora was lightening the sky! Minolta, 28 mm, 400 ASA, 30 seconds. |
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Alan
Cayless, Stirling, Scotland |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more | none |
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Marko
Klinc, Velenje, Slovenia Nov. 20 |
#1 | I've never seen such great auroras at these low latitudes! |
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Mariusz
Dragun, Near Torun, Poland Nov. 20 |
#1, #2, #3, more | Unusual geomagnetic activity at this latitude, very bright auroras--almost as bright as in full moon. Camera: Olympus C-4000 Zoom, F/2.8, IS0 200, 16sec. |
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Roar
Hansen, Bergen, Norway Nov. 20 |
#1, #2 | Very intense auroras between 17-19 UTC. The brightest auroras I have seeen in Bergen last two years, mainly seen in the southern sky. Photo details: Nikon Coolpix 4300, digital camera, 400 ASA, 10s exposure. |
more:
from Zsolt Domotorfy, Budapest,
Hungary; from Uwe
Grün of Sinsheim, Germany
