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The crew of the International
Space Station, Earth orbit
Feb. 1, 2008 |
#1,
#2,
#3,
#4 |
Astronauts
took these pictures during a mild geomagnetic storm on Feb.
1st. At the time, the ISS was orbiting over the Bay of St.
Lawrence and the camera (a Nikon
D2Xs) pointing north with a view of Quebec and Newfoundland.
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Sauli Koski,
Kittilä Finland
Feb. 3, 2008 |
#1,
#2, #3,
more |
Misty weather
-20 degrees, quickly moving lights not so good to take photos
Fuji S5Pro Sigma 24-70macro 20sec f2,8 ASA 250 |
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Hanneke Luijting,
Tromsø, Norway
Feb. 1, 2008 |
#1,
#2,
#3,
#4,
more |
Very nice active
display, photographed from my own balcony! Some red was
visible sometimes.
Photo
details: Canon
EOS 350D, ISO 400, 10-13s exposures at f/5.6 |
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Fredrik
Holm,
Reykjavik, Icreland
Feb. 1, 2008 |
#1,
more |
Quite
a nice day starting with beautiful nacreous clouds over
the eastern horizon, and ending with the best display of
northern lights we have seen in a while.
Photo
details: Canon
EOS 30D, EF-S 1-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, ISO 320, f 3.5,
37sec |
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Panu
Lahtinen,
Ivalo, Finland
Jan. 31, 2008 |
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#2, #3,
more |
We
were playing cards at the table when we noticed the first
green bands crossing the sky. It didn't take long before
I was firing up the snowmobile to get us up on the top of
the nearby fjeld. That first trip didn't give other than
simple green bands and a non-responding camera. Fortunately
it was only a dead battery. An hour later brighter green
bands interfered our card playing again, and this time the
display was beautiful; some color and a very lively corona!
Photo
details: Canon
350D, 8 mm Peleng fisheye at f/4, 10 s - 30 s exposures,
ISO 1600. |
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Patrick
Collins,
Central Labrador, Canada
Feb. 1, 2008 |
#1,
#2 |
Major
geomagnetic storm! Rapid, millisecond changes in colour,
flowing like blowing snow through a forest, or river eddies.
I've never seen anything like it - flickering pulses coming
over >75% of the sky like sheets! Unreal! |
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Tero
Raita,
Kilpisjärvi, Lapland, Finland
Jan. 31, 2008 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4, #5,
more |
Our
scientific teams from SGO and SPG of University of Oulu,
Finland had NEMI photometers in HotPay2 sounding rocket.
The rocket was launched successfully on 31 Jan 2008 (21:14UT)
from Andoya Rocket Range, Norway (www.rocketrange.no). The
solar wind stream from the coronal hole hit perfectly to
our launch window and also the weather conditions were good.
We got nice aurora arc to the trajectory of the rocket.
Later on we got beautiful display in Kilpisjärvi were we
have optical instruments to support rocket observations.
Photo
details: Nikon
D70, ISO800, f3.5, various exp times. |
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Niels
Giroud,
Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
Feb. 1, 2008 |
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#2, more |
Good
to see some beautiful northern lights above Iceland again!
Very active evening.
Photo
details: Nikon
D200, Sigma 10-20 lens, 400 iso, f/4, 30s exposure.
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Thomas Steffen,
Aekaeslompolo, Finland
Jan. 31, 2008 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4, more |
It was my last day on my holidays. I was very happy to see a beautiful aurora between 11 and 12 pm. I could see the aurora for a hole hour.
Optio digital camera, 400 ASA, 15s exposure
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more
images: from
Fredrik Broms of Tromsø, Norway; from
Marja Wallin of Ivalo, Lapland, Finland; from
Aizat Sabri Bin Ilias of Murmansk, Russia; from
Gilles Boutin of Kuujjuaq Nunavik Canada;
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