Sept. 23, 2001 Aurora Gallery
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Summary: A solar wind disturbance buffeted Earth's magnetosphere on Sept. 23rd and triggered a day-long G1-category geomagnetic storm. High-latitude observers in Europe spotted some spectacular Northern Lights during the storm! The solar wind disturbance was the leading edge of a coronal mass ejection that left the Sun on Sept. 20th.

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  Photographer, Location Images Comments

John Russell, Nome, Alaska
Sept. 23
#1, #2, #3, #4, more J. Russell: "At about 03:00 am local time a bright but featureless auroral glow (extending fully overhead) suddenly became active, and the action lasted until twilight." Photo details: Nikkor 35mm @f2.0, Portra 800 and Superia 800. 15 seconds.

Juha Kinnunen, Central Finland
Sept. 23
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 J. Kinnunen, who captured these images from a site 70 km north of Jyväskylä, Finland, at 19-20.30 UT recalls: "[It was] quite a wonderful show, which unfortunately began to slow down all too soon around local midnight." Photo details: Nikkor 14mm/f2.8 (# 1- 3) and 28mm/f1.4, and Fuji Provia 400F.

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