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Hello,
Last night's aurora has to
be one of the most spectacular things I have ever seen... remember I am a
California person so this is a very special event for us. Luckily I had some
fast film on hand in anticipation of the Leonids and went flying around the
house trying to round up tripod and camera...
I was able to image the beginning of the display at
6:45 and the surge of green at 7:45 and just before the moon came up I got a
shot of the house and observatory. The aurora changed a lot during this time...
most of the time it was just a "glow" but there were two episodes of white rays
flying all over the place and a huge section of green seemed to cut off from the
main body and migrate over the horizon to the NE.
One of the images posted captures the trail that it
left. On this image also notice that the aurora was so bright it lit up the
forest!
The images are
at: http://www.astrophoto.com/Aurora.htm
Once again, despite our
best efforts, the brilliant reds, magentas, and lime greens seem to loose some
of their brilliance once posted... but you can get an idea. This is a page on
which you will find (hopefully) three images.
Have a good one,
Tony
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