Last Night's Aurora

[murwille]

I was out from 2:30 AM to 5:00 AM (CDT) this morning here in Central Nebraska (Kearney) getting these. I used my Canon 10D for 30 second exposures at 400 ISO. My lens was the 17-40mm f4.0L I set is at f4.5.

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Mark Urwiller

[berrylish]

wow amazing. i dont think i'll ever see that in person.

[mdm]

very nice

[PaCiFiSt]

Those are some very cool shots.

[Pamela107]

Wow, very nice!


Pamela

[Leorooster]

Wow, they are simply stunning. What do you call these? Can these be seen elsewhere?

[murwille]

This is the Aurora Borealis - the Northern Lights. They are common at high lattitudes but not at the mid latitudes. There was a large solar flare with associated earthbound coronal mass ejection on Saturday. For information on aurorae and to sign up for a listserv to notify you when conditions are right for an occurance, check here:

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Mark Urwiller

[pcasciola]

Beautiful shots.

Auroras are very rare in many of the mid and southern US states, but they do happen once in a while. I witnessed my first Aurora the night before Halloween 2003, right here in New Jersey. It was unreal. The sky turned beet read and stayed that way for about 10-15 minutes. People as far south as Texas were posting pictures of it. It was an extremely large solar flare that caused it. One of the largest in about 10 years from what I remember.

[BDM]

Those are absolutely beautiful. It is a very strange sight. No wonder radio conditions today were so bad (I'm a ham radio operator). There was very little propagation and everything was very noisy. Since you had such a spectacular display so far south it must have been a whopper solar event.

Bruce

[Leorooster]

Those are just beautiful. I wish I could witness once in my life time....., and if I am lucky enough, take a couple of shots...

Once again, nice shots.

[Maureen Souza]

Those are just beautiful. A couple years ago we were in Alaska and got lucky to see some Sept. Aurora Borealis but it was gold & silver. The colors in your photos are amazing!

[tckadventures]

*******FANTASTIC*******

[khiemluu]

Stunning! I can't imagine how amazing they would be to see in the flesh.

Khiem.

[dedalus-6]

Amazing, can you get those pictures by normal digital SLR without a telescope?

[Reigh Higgins]

Greaaaat photos!

[EoSD30fReAk]

aurora's are always a wonderful thing to see!

where i live they're not very common and if they show they are very hard to see because of the light pollution from the city.

you're very lucky .

[cfcRebel]

Oh, wow! Amazing shots! Things you don't see everyday.
Thanks for sharing.

[GyRob]

great shots amazing colors.
Rob.

[MazerRakhm]

Nice shots! The aurora is one of the things I'd love to see one day.

[fetching]

i've seen the northern lights several times...they are really amazing to see. nice shots!

[dlove]

Excellent Shots. I live in Alaska, and feel lucky when I see them. If anyone else has the chance to take photos this is the chart I use to start my exposure with.

[Shoreliner11]

Amazing shots. Well done.

[BlueTit]

Amazing shots, nature sure can put on some amazing displays. Worth the early start / late finsh

[GTogs]

Gorgeous colors! Great shots!

[Fer]

GREAT SHOTS! I had no idea that you could see Aurora Borealis at USA... I liked them very much.

[Titus213]

Very nice captures. I especially like the ones showing the houses/lights on the ground. Very well done.

[sparker1]

Great shots of a very special event.