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| Summary: Summary: It's northern autumn and that means it's also aurora season. Almost all of the auroras spotted this month have been caused by solar wind streams flowing from coronal holes. See also the August 2003 aurora gallery. Page 1 | Page 2 Unless otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted by the photographers. |
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John
Russell, near Nome, Alaska, USA Sept. 18-19 |
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J. Russell: "This bizarre lightshow started at about 22:00 local time before it was dark. At 24:00 ADT, the best aurora storm I've seen lasted a full 20 minutes." |
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Yuichi Takasaka, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories,
Canada Sept. 1-14 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, more |
Y. Takasaka: "I was in Yellowknife for two weeks and could see auroras every night for 13 nights straight!" |
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Jean Chiasson, Val-Bélair, Québec,
Canada Sept. 18 |
#1 |
Photo details:
Fuji Superia X-tra 800, 28s at 50 mm. |
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Calvin
Hall,
near Trapper Creek, Alaska, USA Sept. 17 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more |
C. Hall: "The auroras were visible from twilight to twilight." |
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Andre
Clay, North Pole, Alaska, USA Sept. 18 |
#1, #2, #3 |
Photo details: Canon 10D, Tamron 19-35, 8S, 800 ISO |
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Stephane
Levesque,
Luceville, Quebec, Canada Sept. 17 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 |
Note the curiously-regular ripples in these auroras. Stephane captured the images using a wide-angle lens. |
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John
Russell,
Nome, Alaska, USA Sept. 17 |
#1, #2, #3, more |
Photo details: Nikkor 28mm /f1.4, Fuji NPZ800 film, and 2 to 5 seconds. |
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Daniel Tardif, Beauport Lake, 10 km north of Quebec
City, Canada. Sept. 17 |
#1, #2, #3 |
Photo details:
28 m lens, f/2, 25 sec. with a Fuji X-Tra 800 film. |
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Duane
Clausen,
Menominee, Michigan, USA Sept. 16 |
#1, #2 |
D. Clausen: "The auroras were a diffuse green arc until about 03:00 o'clock in the morning when they began to break into shards in the pale moonlight." |
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Burnie
Schultz,
Anchorage, Alaska, USA Sept. 16 |
#1, #2 |
Photo details: Sony DSC F707 digital camera, 20 sec exposure |
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Nori
Sakamoto, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories,
Canada Sept. 12 |
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Nori Sakamoto captured these pictures while sitting at the edge of a beaver's pond east of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada. "Some beavers and muskrats came over to see what I was doing," says Sakamoto. Together they watched the auroras, "which were somewhere in the sky almost all night long." |
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Nori
Sakamoto, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories,
Canada Sept. 9-10 |
#1, #2, #3, more |
Photo details: "Camera: Nikon D100, Lens: 24mm f/2.8, ISO: 400, Exposure: 10 seconds." |
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Scott
McGee, near Anchorage, Alaska Sept. 10 |
#1, more |
S. McGee: "I
took this shot at a lake near my home in Anchorage. I had to work quickly,
as this display lasted only 40-50 seconds and it was the only one of
the night." |
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Chuck
Johnson, Cleary Summit, Alaska, USA Sept. 9 |
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Proving once again that Alaska is aurora country, Chuck Johnson took these pictures near Fairbanks on Sept. 9th when conditions were unfavorable for Northern Lights. "Despite a full moon and a north-leaning IMF, we had a decent show," he says. |
