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| Summary: Sunspot 798, which sparked strong auroras in August 2005, returned to the Earth-facing side of the sun on Sept. 7th and immediately unleashed an X17-class solar flare, one of the brightest ever recorded. Subsequent flares and CMEs from the active region buffeted Earth's magnetic field on Sept 10th and 11th, causing a strong geomagnetic storm. Auroras were seen from Alaska and Arizona. Page 1 | Page 2 | This is Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 Got
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Brian Jolley,
Park City, Utah, USA Sep. 11 |
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The aurora activity was so intense that everyone at the star party was jumping and cheering; Sony DSCW1, 400ISO, 30s exposure. |
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Darrell Spangler,
Drake, Colorado Sep. 11 |
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Northern Lights over Colorado just after midnight. |
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Wade B Clark Jr,
These photos were taken from my front yard near Lyman, Washington State, USA. Sep. 10 |
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A small break in the cloud cover let me observe a bit of tonight's aurora display. Not a lot of detail, but the diffuse green part of the display was quite bright and colorful. Observed display for about an hour (10:30-11:30pm Pacific Daylight Time September 10, 2005). |
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Chris Schierer,
Cazenovia, NY, USA Sep. 11 |
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Saw the aurora without my contacts from the bedroom window, but by the time I got out they had faded somewhat. At 3:00 AM EDT there were naked eye rays and waves, but faded to smaller structures at camera sensitivity only. Canon 20D, 1600, 3.5-4.5, 30 second exposures. |
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Tom Schindler,
Princeton, MA Sep. 11 |
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Taken with a Canon 300d... ISO 200/400... about a 12 minute exposure. Only the second time I've ever seen the northern lights from Massachusetts. |
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Karl Kuehn,
Greene, NY Sep. 11 |
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This aurora display filled much of the sky stretching from Northeastern to nearly Western horizons and almost to the zenith. There was not a lot of distinct movement but there were lots of pulsations as stationary patches of aurora would flash with waves of energy. |
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Joseph Shaw,
Bozeman, Montana, USA Sep. 10 |
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At about 10 pm local time, a nice green glow became visible through the moving clouds. |
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Tony Wilder,
Chippewa Falls, WI Sep. 11 |
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Once again, Only a week later, The skies over Wisconsin were dancing to the sound of Auroras. Canon EOS Rebel XT, Shot at ISO 800 this time(notice the grain compaired to the last batch a week ago at ISO 100). 50mm F1.8 ranging from 8 seconds to 25 seconds on bulb setting. While speaking with a fellow aurora gazer, Justin Glasner also from Chippewa Falls, whom I met ON SPACEWEATHER.com. |
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Lyndon Anderson,
15 miles north of Bismarck, North Dakota. Sep. 10 |
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This was a beautiful show, with the aurora at times well south of my location. |
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Sal Viviano,
Washington, Michigan, USA Sep. 11 |
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Aurora at 03:30 UT. Lens:17mm @ f/2.8 Exp:6sec |
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Paul L Meisel,
Ward County, North Dakota Sep. 10 |
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Aurora in the southwestern sky shortly after moonset. The red glow in the lower part of the image is moonlight, red from a great deal of dust in the sky. |
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Burnie Schultz,
Anchorage Alaska Sep. 10 |
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22:34 ADT - Sony DSC F707 - Manual | 15 sec | F2.0 | ASA 100 |
| more images: from Mike Garrison of Ann Arbor, Michigan (Sept. 11); from Yvon Gravel of St-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Sept 11); from Al Degutis of Woodstock, IL (Sept. 11); from Tony Bessey on Route 302, the border of Raymond and Casco, Maine (Sept 11); |
