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Aurora Gallery back to spaceweather.com |
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| Summary: It's northern autumn and that means it's aurora season. The auroras on this page were triggered by a pair of coronal mass ejections hitting Earth on Oct. 29th and 30th. The CMEs were hurled into space by two of the most powerful solar explosions in years--X17 and X11-class eruptions from giant sunspot 486. 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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Dan Bush,
Albany, Missouri, USA Oct. 29 |
#1 | Photo details: Camera: Nikon FG Lens: 28mm set at f/2.8 Film: Kodak Max 800asa Location: Albany, Missouri 40 degrees North Date: October 29, 2003 Time: +-6:45 pm cst |
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Steve Irvine,
Big Bay, Ontario, Canada Oct. 29 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 | S. Irvine: "The display here was spectacular, the best in at least two years, with shimmering cascades of light extending well south of the zenith. There seemed to be more of a bluish colour to the aurora than usual. I used a Canon A-1, 28 mm lens at f/2.8, 30 sec. exp. on Fuji Superia X-tra 400 film." |
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Jim Henderson,
west of Aberdeen, Scotland Oct. 31 |
#1, #2 | J. Henderson: "This was taken with a Fuji S2 digital camera, Sigma f2.8 15mm fisheye, ISO 1600 for around 15 secs." |
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Andrew Brooks,
Elphin, Ontario, Canada Oct. 30 |
#1 | none |
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Othmar Seidner,
Vienna, Austria Oct. 31 |
#1, #2 | none |
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Tim Reyes, Buchannon
& Elkins, West Virginia, USA, USA Oct. 30 |
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Tim Reyes, Analyst (MER Project) at NASA IV&V Center, Fairmont, WV: "Casio QV-8000SX, F3.2, 16, 32 second exp, time 00:30UT, October 31, 2003 (7:30PM EST 10/30). Finally, a clear troposphere and a stormy magnetosphere over WV!" |
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Connie
Goller, Orchard Park, New York, USA Oct. 31 |
#1, #2 | C. Goller: "I am so glad I received the Space Weather phone calls. I was outside waiting for the light show to begin." |
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Philippe
Moussette, Cap-Rouge, Québec, Canada Oct. 30 |
#1, #2, more | Photo details: Coolpix 4500, fisheye lens at 400ASA, exposed 15 sec. |
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Ed Kreminski,
Westerville, Ohio, USA Oct. 29 |
#1 | Photo Details: 28mm lens at f4 on Fujichrome Provia 400F for 20 seconds. The Jack-O'-Lantern was used to block out glaring streetlights. Photo taken around 7pm on 29 Oct 03 from Westerville, Ohio. |
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Linden Bourne,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Oct. 29 |
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L. Bourne: "This photo was taken overlooking the Great Salt Lake and Stansbury Island. The bright light on the horizon is a minerals plant on the lakeshore. This was a great show, the first one I have seen in Utah, what a cool experience. The photo was taken at 1:00am, it is a 30 sec. exposure through a 28mm lens at f/2.8." |
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Jean-Marie
Maillard, Waremme, Belgium Oct. 31 |
#1, #2, #3 | Photo details: "Nikon F2 on tripod with extreme wide angle Nikkor 20mm f:4 and Nikkor 28mm f:2,8, Film Kodak Gold 200, exposures from 10 to 60 sec ; " |
more images:from Ian Sadler of Pitlochry, Scotland; from Greta Holsten at Sechelt Inlet, British Columbia, Canada; from Christophe Remy of Liège, Belgium;
