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| Summary: It's northern autumn and that means it's also aurora season. All of the auroras displayed on this page were sparked by solar wind streams flowing from coronal holes. See also the September 2003 aurora gallery. Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 Unless otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted by the photographers. |
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Douglas Cooper, near Stirling, Scotland Oct. 21 |
#1, #2, #3 |
D. Cooper: "Looking
to the north, the statue of Colonel Sir David Stirling, DSO, |
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Stephane
Levesque, Luceville, Quebec Canada Oct. 21 |
#1, #2, #3 |
Photo details: 50mm, 400asa, 15sec |
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Calvin
Hall,
locations around Anchorage, Alaska, USA Oct. 16-18 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more |
C. Hall: "It's been a good week for auroras in Alaska." On one night they could be seen over the bright city lights of Anchorage. |
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Ulrike
Haug, Alaska, USA Oct. 16-17 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, more |
U. Haug: "This substorm was very vivid. It looked like some huge ghosts were walking on the upper atmosphere and sinking in with each step. I was so amazed, I forgot to photograph part of the display." |
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Pekka Parviainen, Finland Oct. 14-15 |
#1, #2, #3, more |
from Tony Phillips: "Pekka Parviainen's website is a treasure. You'll find more photos of this aurora display, plus hundreds of other images of recent atmospheric phenomena--all amazing." |
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Lars
Pettersson, 200 km west of Stockholm, Sweden Oct. 19 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more |
L. Pettersson: "The auroras started early, about 15:00 UTC I could hear it on my VHF radio. So I prepared for the coming darkness, drove down to the lake and took these pictures. " |
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Chuck
Johnson, Cleary Summit, Alaska Oct. 16-17 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 |
C. Johnson: "The auroras lasted from dusk to dawn. We had auroras in all directions. The shot of Jupiter with the aurora was taken at 6:40 this morning with the sunrise just starting on our eastern horizon. " |
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Jouni
Jussila, Oulu, Finland Oct. 14 |
#1, #2, #3 |
J. Jussila: "Clear skies were with us for two nights in a row, and the activity was good. The biggest blast of the night covered Finland with bright auroras early in the evening, but some were also left for later - like these forms in my pictures. " |
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Dr. Russell Cockman,
near Stirling, Scotland Oct. 15 |
#1, more |
R. Cockman: "Despite the gibbous moon and patchy cloud the greenish auroral arc was plainly visible as it waxed and waned in the north. Short-lived ray structures and flaming patches of light were also observed before the cloud finally obliterated the display. " |
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Tom Eklund,
Valkeakoski, Finland Oct. 15 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, more |
T. Eklund: "The geomagnetic substorm on 14th of October was a really wicked one! One of the best that I have seen to date." |
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Stephane
Levesque,
Luceville, Quebec Canada Oct. 14 |
#1, #2, #3 |
Photo details: 50mm, 400asa, 15sec |
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John Russell, 13 miles west of Nome, Alaska Oct. 14 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 |
J. Russell: "Beautiful coronal hole-fired auroras easily overpowered the 3/4 moonlight, and you can see the snow on the hilltops creeping in for the winter." Photo details: Nikkor 28mm/f1.4, Fuji NPZ-800, and 2 - 3 seconds. |
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Roy Keeris,
Zeist, The Netherlands Oct. 14 |
#1, #2 |
Photo details: 10-13 sec, 400 ASA, focal length: 7.4mm, f/2.8, |
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Jarle Aasland,
Stavanger, Norway Oct. 14 |
#1, #2 |
Photo details: 30 second exposures, ISO 200 |
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Dieter Klatt, Oldenburg, Germany Oct. 14 |
#1, #2, #3 |
D. Klatt captured an Iridium flare above the auroras in photo #1. |
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Jouni Jussila,
Oulu, Finland Oct. 13 |
#1, #2 |
J. Jussila: "After a couple of frustrating cloudy and rainy weeks, the lights in the sky were back. Picture #2 is taken almost in the middle of the town, on the bank of Oulu river. " |
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Philippe Moussette, Cap-Rouge, Québec, Canada Oct. 14 |
#1, #2, more |
Photo details: Coolpix 4500 at 400ASA, exposed 15 seconds |
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Chuck
Johnson, Cleary Summit, Alaska, USA Oct. 7 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 |
Proving once again that Alaska is aurora country, Chuck Johnson took these pictures on Oct. 7th when conditions were somewhat unfavorable for Northern Lights. "Despite a full moon and a north-leaning IMF, we had a decent show," he says. |
