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Summary:
April opened with no strong geomagnetic storms, but a persistent
"shimmer" of photogenic Northern Lights around the Arctic
Circle. Springtime favors auroras, and this is part of that year-in-year-out
seasonal display. See
also March 2009.
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Photographer,
Location |
Images |
Comments |
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Agust Gudmundsson,
southern Iceland, close to Hekla the volcano.
Apr. 11, 2009 |
#1,
#2 |
I was waiting
for the moon to come up, hoping for a good photographic
scene as I had last Easter (Space weather Moon halo 27.04.2008).
But clouds were blocking the moon, so I tried to photograph
the earth rotation. I used a small tripod, put it up behind
treeline because of strong northerly wind. Two of the photographs
were ok and I submit them here. I positioned the camera
so a flagpole pointed at the Polaris. The photographs were
colored in green and purple by auroras. In photo 1 a line
on the left side of the photo shows a satellite or some
object flairing not in line with the rotation.
Photo
details: Canon
30D using 10-22 lens on small shaky tripod in strong
wind. 400ASA with 24minutes and 52 minutes exposure. |
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Sylvain
Serre,
Salluit, Nunavik, Canada
Apr. 6, 2009 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4, more |
After
climbing a mountain to be in the dark (without light pollution),
we went yesterday in another place with some friends. It
was a clear sky with a beautiful moon. Gilles Boutin and
I had the chance to take more pictures of the northern lights
of Salluit.
Photo
details: Canon
EOS 30D, 10mm, f3.5, 800 ISO, 10 sec. |
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Gilles
Boutin,
Salluit, Nunavik, Canada
Apr. 7, 2009 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4, more |
Une
autre belle soirée au Nunavik,une expédition de 5 personnes
avec 3 motoneiges car nous partons a la brunante vers l`ouest
du fjord de Salluit a l`embouchure d`une rivière toute gelé.
la lune est presque totale, dérangeante mais qui a rendu
un paysage tout nordique très séduisant. Les Aurores boréales
sont sortie toutes la fin de soirée pour nous offrir un
grand spectacle. Le site de spaceweather parlait de 10%
de probalitité mais Salluit.. c`est un endroit boréale et
polaire. Voici Salluit le 6 au 7 avril 2009. |
more images:
from
Gilles Boutin of Salluit, Nunavik; from
Sylvain Serre of Salluit, Nunavik; |
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