Summary: On July 25, 2001, our
planet entered a solar
wind stream
flowing from a coronal hole. Solar wind gusts triggered a brief
G1-category geomagnetic storm around
0300 UT on July 26th. A few days later it happened again. Another
coronal-hole-driven
solar wind stream
ignited brief Northern Lights over North America on July 31st.
Unless
otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted by the photographers.
|
Photographer, Location |
Images |
Comments |
|
Mark L. Koopsen,
Hamilton, WA, USA |
#1 |
Photo details: 28mm f2.8 lens with 45sec. exp.
0600 UT, July 31, 2001 |
|
Dominic
Cantin, north of Quebec, Canada. |
#1,
#2, more |
D. Cantin: "This display was very short
-- only 2 minutes. After that all was gone! I was lucky that
my camera was ready." Dominic captured these photos on July
26th at 0300 UT, 75 km north of Quebec City in the Laurentides
wildlife reserve. |
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