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Summary: On Sept. 30th a solar wind shock wave--a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurled into space by an explosion near sunspot 134--swept past Earth and triggered a moderate geomagnetic storm. No one knew it at the time, but that was just the beginning of nine days of geomagnetic activity. Solar wind gusts from coronal holes and a series of CMEs kept the storm going fitfully until Oct. 9th. Sky watchers spotted auroras, off and on, as far south as Arizona in the United States. |
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| Photographer, Location | Images | Comments | |
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Trygve Lindersen,
Toemmeraas, Norway Oct. 6 |
#1, #2 | Photo details: Canon G2 digital camera, f2, 15 second exposure, ISO 200. |
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Pekka
Parviainen, Turku, Finland Oct. 2 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, more | P. Parviainen: "The auroras kept storming practically all night -- interupted by only a few calm moments." |
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Dirk Obudzinski,
Yellostone National Park, Wyoming, USA Oct. 7 |
#1, #2, #3, more | D. Obudzinski: "I drove all the way to Yellowstone Natl. Park to get a better view of the expected aurora show. And it was 'way' worth the 15 hours drive! It felt like being in Alaska again " Photo details: Nikon EM camera, 50mm lens, f/1.4 to f/2.0, 12 sec. exposures on Kodak Supra 400 film. |
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Brian
Ruddy, Isle Royale National Park, Mott Island, the largest
island in Lake Superior. Oct. 2 and 7 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 | B. Ruddy: "Blue Streak was taken on October 2nd, the rest were taken on October 7th." Photo details: Sony DSC F707 digital camera, wide angle zoom setting (38mm equiv/35 mm SLR) ISO 400 F 2.0 20 - 30 sec. exp. |
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Krzysztof Kordybach,
Helsinki, Finland Oct. 3 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 | K. Kordybach: "Helsinki's city lights were hardly a competition for these auroras." Photo details: Canon EF 28-135 zoom, mostly at 28mm, f3.5, 20-30s, film Fuji Superia 200. |
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Ragnar
Johnskås, Ringsaker, Norway Oct. 5 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more | Photo details: Exposure: 8-25 sec Film: Kodak Gold Ultra 50 mm lens |
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Dominic
Cantin, near Quebec City, Canada. Oct. 3-4 |
#1, #2, #3, more | One image shows the International Space Station flying over Canada. "Surely the astronauts had a great show!" says Cantin. |
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Michael Billinger,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Oct. 7 |
#1, #2, #3 | Photo details: Toshiba PDR-3310 Digital Camera, f/2.8, 4-8 secs, ISO 400 |
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Dale Hudjik,
near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Oct. 7 |
#1 | D. Hudjik: "The entire sky from North to South was covered with dancing light." Photo details: Olympus c-4040, ISO100, f1.8, 16sec. |
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Juha
Ollila, Lumijoki, Finland Oct. 7 |
#1, more | Photo details: Nikkor 17-35 mm f2.8 Fuji Provia 400 F, 20 seconds |
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Jean
Chiasson, Orleans Island, 15 km from Quebec City, Canada Oct. 8 |
#1, #2, more | Photos details : (FUJI 800 X-TRA) 17 mm. - f/3.5, 25sec. |
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Philippe
Moussette, cap-Rouge, Québec, Canada Oct. 7 |
#1, more | Photo details: "Coolpix 995 digital camera, 400 ASA, exposed 20 seconds" |
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Peter
von Bagh, Porvoo, Finland Oct. 8 |
#1 | P. von Bagh: "At local midnight the aurora was quite dim, but white and green spots were dancing on the northern sky like wery fast clouds." |
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Dominic
Cantin, l'Ile d'Orléans, near Quebec City, Canada. Oct. 8 |
#1, #2, #3, more | Photo Details: 28 mm @ f 2.8, 15 - 20 sec, Fuji Superia 800 |
