March 2003
Aurora Gallery
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Summary: Solar wind streams flowing from coronal holes hit Earth's magnetic field on March 3rd, 5th, 14-20th and 26-27th. In each case, the impacts triggered G1- to G2-class geomagnetic storms. See also the February 2003 aurora gallery.

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  Photographer, Location Images Comments

Dennis Mammana, near the Alaska Pipeline about 10 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
March 10
#1, #2, #3, #4, movies: big or small, more

D. Mammana: "I used a Canon G-2 digital camera set at ISO 200 and f/2, with an exposure time of 6 seconds."

Don't miss Dennis' movie of an auroral swirl around the Moon: small movie (200k); big movie (1 Mb).

Daryl Pederson, Girdwood, Alaska, USA
March 14
#1 P. Jeffery: "The activity was not intense, but after a long rainy winter in southcentral Alaska it was nice to see the Northern Lights again."

Jan Curtis, Poker Flat Research Range, north of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
March 1
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, more J. Curtis: "All these were taken on either Kodak Max 800 or Fuji Superia 400 (bluer tones) film with a 35 mm lens at f/1.4 and f/2.0 for 5 to 10 secs. "

Peter Jeffery, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
March 11
#1, #2, #3 P. Jeffery: "The moon was very bright--not full, but still light enough to see everything that you were doing without using a flash light. I used kodak 800 iso film, F3.8, 20mm lens for 25 seconds."

Carolyn Szepanski, Hutcher Pass, in the Talkeetna mountains of Alaska, USA
March 3
#1, #2, #3, #4 C. Szepanski: "I used a Nikon FM2, with a 50 mm 1:1.8 Nikkor lens, and 200 ISO Safeway film. My exposures ranged from 15 seconds to 25 seconds."

Jouni Jussila, northern Finland
March 11
#1 The planetary K index was only 2 when Jouni saw these lovely auroras.

Chuck Johnson, Cleary Summit Bed & Breakfast, Cleary Summit, Alaska, USA
March 5
#1, #2, #3, #4 Photo details: Olympus digital C3040, 400 ISO, 16 seconds, f1.8 lens

John Russell, Nome, Alaska, USA
March 5
#1, #2, #3, more Photo details: Nikkor 28mm / f1.4, Superia 800, and 3 to 8 seconds

Nicola Foster, Lake Tjornin, Reykjavik, Iceland
March 5
#1, more none

Joe Slagle, near Anchorage, Alaska, USA
March 3
#1 The tiny thumbnail doesn't do justice to the lovely full-sized panoramic image.

Peter Davies, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
March 3
#1, #2 The city lights of Anchorage at 11 o'clock at night were not bright enough to overwhelm these Northern Lights.

Warren Justice, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada
March 3
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 W. Justice: " My son Nathan and I went snowshoeing around Edward's Lake in Riding Mountain National Park. The temperature was about -30C; it was extremely frosty. Thank goodness there was no wind!" Photo details: 28mm, f1.9 @ f2, 8-20sec., Fuji Superia 800.

Philippe Moussette, Valcartier, Québec , Canada
March 3
#1, #2, #3, more Check out this wide-angle image, a 2 minute exposure captured by Philippe using a fisheye lens.

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