August 2004
Aurora Gallery
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Summary: Auroras this month were limited to high latitudes--all sparked by solar wind streams flowing from coronal holes on the sun. See also the July 2004 aurora gallery.

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  Photographer, Location Images Comments

Daryl Pederson,
south-central Alaska.
Aug. 31
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Forest fire smoke lingers in the foreground as Alaska's dry summer brought the biggest fire season on record.

Carol Lakomiak,
Tomahawk WI, USA 45N//89W
Aug. 30
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The display began at 9:15 local and lasted about an hour and a half. Short-lived, but very nice even through the moonglow.

Kim Randolph,
McGregor, Minnesota
Aug. 30
#1, more

We watched two very faint arcs brighten soon after twilight. At times it was very lively and my camera picked up some purple colors. Photo details: Canon Digital Rebel with kit lens at 18mm. ISO 400, f3.5 for 20-30 seconds

Frank S. Andreassen,
Harstad, Norway
Aug. 30
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I saw these auroras when I was back home after a photo safari yesterday. The show was at it's maximum at 22:37 GMT, and with the rising moon it was a nice display. Photo details: Canon EOS 1D MK2, 17-40mm lens, ISO between 100-400, 30 seconds exp.

Yuichi Takasaka,
Gitwinksihlkw (Canyon City), British Columbia, Canada
Aug. 31
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The Fruit Moon lit the forground brightly when I photographed Aurora tonight. Pentax *istD, SMC Pentax DA14mm lens

Stephane Levesque,
Luceville, Quebec. Canada
Aug. 21
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16mm,28mm and 50 mm/10s to 45s/800 asa

Peter Jeffery,
Cassidy Point. Just outside Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Aug. 11
#1, #2, #3

A couple of vivid aurora displays changing from pinks to greens and yellows, but they were both short lived.

Stephane Levesque,
Luceville, Quebec. Canada

Aug. 09
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16,28 and 50 mm/10 and 30s 800 asa

Calvin Hall,
Eureka, Alaska
Aug. 07
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About 12:30 AM I saw a ray of Aurora in the Southeast Sky. This is early in the year to see Northern Lights in this part of Alaska. The display lasted about 45 minutes and was quite nice in spite of the lack of darkness.

Peter Jeffery,
Yellowknife, NT
Aug. 10
#1, #2

I was hoping to get pics of the Perseid meteor shower but we were clouded over. I was just going to call it a night when these auroras came out through the clouds. Canon 10d, 100 film speed, 2.8 for 4-5 seconds.

Stan Richard,
Timber Ridge golf course near Minocqua, Wisconsin
Aug. 06
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I went out to close the shutter on my camera after doing a star trails shot and to my surprise I saw these green ghost-like apparitions of the aurora flickering and pulsing in the west above the horizon, beautiful and eerie at the same time. Do you see the alien head on the right? I took this shot at approx 04:30 UTC time on Aug. 6 with my Canon Digital Rebel.

Yuichi Takasaka,
New Aiyansh, British Columbia, Canada
Aug. 07
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Aurora greeted me without any warning tonight. After one hour, clouds moved in and the half moon created a nice halo around it. Pentax *istD, SMC DA14mm lens.

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