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Summary:
A coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth's
magnetic field on Sept. 9th, sparking a (Kp=7) geomagnetic storm.
Northern Lights were sighted in the United States as far south as
Maine, Michigan, Vermont and Washington. See also August
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Bryan Hansel,
Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA
Sep. 10, 2011 |
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Even with an almost full moon, the northern lights were bright enough to reflect in the aptly named Northern Lights Lake below. At points they pulsed directly over our heads. It was the best display of northern lights that we've had in a long while. I used a fish eye lens to try and get them all in, but I just couldn't cover the entire display even with a vertical composition.
D200, 10.5DX, f/4, 30 sec, ISO 400.
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Yuichi Takasaka,
Prosperous Lake, NWT, Canada
Sep. 9, 2011 |
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It rained at the evening on Sep. 9 when I got a warning for Aurora from spaceweather.com. Luckily the sky started to clear up around 10pm and Aurora came out at the same time. Lots of movement and very colourful Auroras all over the sky at Prosperous Lake near Yellowknife.
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Gregory Carter,
Fuller Hill - Warren, VT, USA
Sep. 9, 2011 |
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Hard to see with the untrained eye. Viewing the Aurora Borealis here in Vermont, USA is slightly more challenging then say Yellowknife CA. After many night of chasing the lights, I finally captured several photographs of the Aurora Borealis here in Vermont. Photograph Details: Nikon D700 ISO 2000 Exposure 30 sec. f/10 28mm-90mm zoom lens
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Bradley,
Whitehorse Yukon
Sep. 10, 2011 |
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It was a long wait... but the lights were amazing.... bright and beautiful. The moon was almost full but did not reduce the viewing... It just made it better.
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Brian Larmay,
Beecher Wisconsin
Sep. 10, 2011 |
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The night began with a dim oval, but around 0100 am CST the skies really started lighting up. I managed a video which can be seen here: http://tinyurl.com/67euosu
Waiting up late for the big show was tireing, but I will definetley wait again!
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Olivier Du Tré,
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
Sep. 9, 2011 |
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Bright moonlight spoiled it a little bit (so I thought). Around 11 local time we got the first wave of serious action! It was awesome. Fast moving curtains with vibrant greens and pinks in the most weird curls and shapes. Just beautiful.
After a while everything calmed down.
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Warren Justice,
Just south of Moon Lake, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada
Sep. 9, 2011 |
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Arrived at our location sometimes around 9pm local time. We finally got our substorm about a half hour before midnight local time ( 4:30 hrs. UT Sept.10 ). Beautiful, bright, and vivid! Most exposures were only 1 to 3sec. @ 1.4 . At this latitude that's special. Had some guests along and they were able to take in the show as well! By 6hrs. UT things had settled down. Observed another substorm from my backyard around 9:25 UT.
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Jónína Óskarsdóttir,
Faskrudsfjordur, Iceland.
Sep. 9, 2011 |
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Beautiful shape of Aurora Borealis. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Lens: Canon 14mm, f/2.8L II USM. ISO 1600, 2s exposure.
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images: from
Jónína Óskarsdóttir of Faskrudsfjordur, Iceland; from
Vincent Bossis of Trondheim city Center; from
Göran Strand of Frösön, Sweden; from
Lance Taylor of Edmonton, AB, Canada; from
Dave Hughes of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; from
Steve McDonough of Athelstane, Wisconsin; from
Craig Hilts of Plato, Saskatchewan, Canada; from
Richard Denesiuk of Patricia Beach, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba,
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