Aleksander Chernucho,
Lake Imandra, Kolyskia peninsula, Russia
Sep. 4, 2008

Photo details: Nikon D200 iso 800 F3/5 18mm lens 30s exposure.

Faint pink streaks appeared towards western sky just before 11pm. Lights danced most of the night until the sky got cloudy at 2:30am.

Unfortunately, the sky was cloudy, so we couldn't see the Northern Lights, but my monitoring equipment at the Polarlight Center picked up vibrations in the local magnetic field (red trace) and ground currents (blue trace) caused by those magnetic changes. The disturbance in magnetic declination was about 3 degrees! On my VHF radio aurora system was a reflection directly upwards from a corona crown. This was for sure a strong effect from a coronal hole.

After I saw your alert, I looked at my sky and saw these auroras.

Photo details: Pentax istdl2,16mm/3,5f/1600 asa at 20 second

The display lasted for almost three hours. The image is a three-exposure panorama with a Canon EOS 1D MKII, 16-35mm, ISO800, 15 sec.

Taken 9/2-4. Generally weak, but a short very nice display. Nikon D3 14-24mm f2.8 - 16mm f2.8 Fisheye ISO 1600-3200 at 3-15 secs

The sky was clear, but the auroras didn't come out until 2am (MST) night. It was so dark I had to use flash to illuminate the falls. Pentax K20D, 14mm lens.