Re: [APML] Aurora images posted

[Loren Banbury <lbanbury@sonic.net>]

Tony -
 At 1800 I tried to access your photos on
http://www.astrophoto.com/Aurora.htm and am getting a message that your
server is down.   Soundslike I really blew it by being down in San Jose
working instead of home in Tahoe watching!! I feel a little like the
fellow in Alaska. :-)
 Darn!
  Loren Banbury


Tony Hallas wrote:

> 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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