Where on Earth does the sky turn green, the Moon turn red, and the cheeks turn blue--all at the same time? Hint: The ground is white.

"It's the geographic South Pole," answers Robert Schwarz who sends these pictures of the Aug. 28th lunar eclipse from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. "The 6-month night is coming to an end and it's getting quite bright here," he says. "The Moon was about 10^o above the horizon during the eclipse, and some green auroras showed up as well."

"The temperature outside was about -63^oC (-90^oF), so for some of the pictures we set up the camera inside a heated observation room. The long exposure pictures are a bit blurry due to warm air rushing outside!"

Photo details: Canon Digital Rebel XT, 1600 ASA, f8, exposure times varied.

Auroras and a lunar eclipse! The moon is a little too overexposed to see detail, but the top left corner was already going into darkness by the time I took this shot.

About 1:30 AM I got out of my truck to start photographing the Lunar Eclipse, and saw the aurora starting to the North. I grabbed a few aurora shots then concentrated on the eclipse. I was able to get a nice variety of shots as the moon turned a nice red, but then during the total eclipse some high clouds blocked the veiw. I headed back to Anchorage and took the one last shot about 4:15 as the eclipse ended.

A bright display of green Aurora lasting several hours, at times with red fringes dancing in the starlit sky. The planet Mars and the Pleiades star cluster (M45) are easily visible. The full moon illuminating the cloud below gave an eerie 3D like effect.

Theses auroras were my first of the season 2007-2008.

Photo details: Canon 30D, 15-30s, 1600 ISO

Temperature 10C (50F) and mainly clear. Auroras didn't disappoint as they appeared during this moderate display. I currently have relatives over from Denmark visiting and they were very happy to get a chance to see the northern lights.

Photo details: Canon EOS 5D, 25 sec., ISO 400, f/3.5, 28mm, manual focus.