When magnetometer needles began to swing at the Polar Light Center in Lofoten, Norway, researcher Rob Stammes knew something was up. "A geomagnetic storm was underway." The storm began on Oct. 11th when a solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field. Stammes' magnetometer recorded the impact and subsequent reverberations, which lasted for hours. In the chart recording, red shows how the local magnetic field was swinging back and forth while blue denotes electrical currents surging through the ground in response. Outside, Northern Lights were pulsating in sych with the chart recorder's colored pens. "The ground current fluctuated with a 5-to-10 second period; the visible auroras were switching on and off in the same way," he says. "It was a really special sight."

Finally good auroras and no clouds!

Photo details: Nikon D3, Nikon 12-24 lens, 6 sec f3,2 ASA 800

This was my first time this autumn watching aurora borealis. The photos were taken short before midnight local time.

Photo details: Canon EOS 20D, 10 sec exposures, F:2.2, 400 ASA

At my latitude,lights wasn't so very bright but i managed to get these shots.

Photo details: Canon EOS-1D Mark II, ISO asetus: 1600 |8-15.0s | F: 2.8-4.0 |17,0mm.