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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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Juha Kinnunen,
Inari, in the northern Finnish Lapland Oct. 4 |
#1, #2, #3 | Spooky Auroras: It seemed like Halloween had arrived early on Oct. 4th when Juha Kinnunen saw these ghoulish Northern Lights: a great green ghost, a witch's face, and a flying ghost. |
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Dominic
Cantin, near Quebec City, Canada. Oct. 4 |
#1 | Spooky Auroras: Another scary face appeared over Canada! |
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LeRoy Zimmerman,
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Oct. 4-8 |
#1, #2, #3, more | L. Zimmerman: "Image #1 is of the old Russian Church at Ninilchik, Alaska. Image #2 is at Denali Park. Image #3 is of Homer, Alaska. All were filmed with Fuji 400F@800, f2.8, about 20 seconds." |
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Chris
Spoon, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Oct. 4, 5 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5 | C. Spoon: "Cloud cover became heavy the night of Oct 4, but the aurora was bright enough to shine through. The sky made up for it on October 5 with beautiful clear skies and strong auroras." Photo details: Fuji Superia 400; Lenses: 40mm @ f1.8, 28mm @ f2.8; Exposures between 15 and 60 seconds. |
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Juha Kinnunen,
Inari, in the northern Finnish Lapland Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, more | Photo details: Nikon F100 and Nikkor 28mm/f1.4 or 14mm/f2.8, Fuji Provia 400F |
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Frank
Andreassen, Harstad, Norway Oct. 7-8 |
#1, #2, #3, more | Photo details: Fuji Provia 400F film, Nikon F801s camera, Nikkor 24mm f/3.3 with 40 to 70 seconds exp. and Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 with 20 to 30 seconds exp. |
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Ben
Bray, near Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA Oct. 7 |
#1, #2 | Photo details: Canon AE-1, 50mm lens, f-stop 1.8, Fujicolor Superia X-TRA ASA 400 film and 20 to 35 second exposures |
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Peter Urwin, near Edinburgh, Scotland Oct. 4 | #1, #2, #3 | P. Urwin: #2 shows the famous Forth Rail Bridge. #3 was taken at Cramond Harbour, looking North across the Firth of Forth to the Kingdom of Fife |
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Lauri
Kangas, Caledon, Ontario, Canada Oct. 8 |
#1, #2, #3, more | Photo Details: Nikon F2 35mm camera, 28mm lens, f/2.8, 20 second exposures, Fuji Superia X-tra 800 film. |
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Ulrike
Haug, Alaska, USA Oct. 7-9 |
#1, #2, #3, more | These three images feature the Russian church in Ninilchik, Alaska; auroras over the Kachemak Bay in Homer, Alaska; and Northern Lights reflected from the Resurrection Bay of Seward, Alaska. |
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Juha
Ollila, Ruukki, Finland Oct. 3 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more | Photo details: Nikkor 17-35 mm f2.8 and 50 mm f1.4, Fuji Provia 400 F, 15-20 seconds. |
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Andy Veh,
Soldotna, Alaska, USA Oct. 1-2 |
#1, #2 | Photo details: Minolta and Pentax 50mm, ASA 100, 30-50 seconds |
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Scott McGee,
the Knik River, Alaska, USA Oct. 9 |
#1, more | S. McGee: "The skies were clear for a change on October 9 (my birthday) and I was able to capture this image of the northern lights arcing over the Knik River, north of Anchorage, Alaska. This event was very intense for 15 minutes, then slowly subsided." |
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Dirk Obudzinski,
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA Oct. 8 |
#1, #2, more | Image #1 shows auroras plus an emergency flare over Yellowstone Lake. The streak of light in image #2 is a genuine meteor. |
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Pekka
Parviainen, Turku, Finland Oct. 3, 4, 7, 8 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5 | click here for more images. |
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Stephane
Levesque, Luceville, Canada Oct. 4 |
#1, #2, #3 | none |
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Mandy Gregoire,
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada Oct. 7 |
#1 | Photo Details: Canon S40 digital camera. ISO 400, 15 sec exposures. |
