Living in Arizona, I don't get to see the Aurora. It takes an exceptional solar storm to see the Northern Lights that far south.
Right now, I am at the Schoodic Education and Research Center at Acadia National Park in Maine. Northern Lights are more common up here. A reasonably strong solar storm hit yesterday and it was a wonderfully clear night. Right before I left on this trip, I got a new Sigma 10mm fisheye lens for my camera. That is a nice fast, wide angle lens that is perfect for capturing Aurora. So here is a sampling of the shots I got last night.
Looking forward to seeing what tonight might hold.
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
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I have seen them only ONCE like that. We were at Plymouth Rock Campgrounds, and went out In the dark grassy area, and saw a light show that was frankly scary. They were moving all over the place. I'm pretty certain, I will never see anything like that again In my lifetime?
I've never seen them. Thanks, hale. They say they are fascinating in real life.
Nice job Boppster
I have seen them a couple times, they are way cool..
Beautiful
I remember seeing them when I was a kid. We had much less light pollution around here back then. They were not as spectacular as your photos, though. Thanks for sharing.
Wow. Thanks Hale
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous pictures!
I saw a bit of the Northern Lights here in Racine about maybe 15 years ago....
The weather guy said that we may have been able to see them this time, but due to heavy cloud cover, that wouldn't be happening. :(
drew, I think I remember reading about that in the paper. They must put on a hell of a show in the northern latitudes.
[Sorry, I think kk's post was partly in response to the above. I deleted it and re-posted to add this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcfWsj9OnsI]
Wow! Lucky you!!
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