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| Summary: The widespread display of August 18th began when the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near Earth turned sharply south (-30 nT) and remained south for many hours. South-pointing IMFs encourage geomagnetic activity. In this case a severe (G4-class) storm developed. See also the July 2003 aurora gallery. Page 1 | Page 2 | This is Page 3 | Page 4 Unless otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted by the photographers. |
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Calvin
Hall,
Portage Lake, 50 miles southeast of Anchorage, AK, USA Aug. 18 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, more |
C. Hall: "It's
finally getting to be that time again up here. In fact, I could see
auroras
from 11:30 p.m. until 4:30 a.m.
These shots were taken at Portage Lake.
Some have an iceberg in the foreground, and one has Mars. It was a nice start
to the aurora season." |
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Jesús Ojeda,
St. Francis, Wisconsin, USA Aug. 18 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more |
Photo details: Nikon N80 camera, 28mm lens, f-stop 3.5, Fuji Superia 800 film, 20-30 second exposures |
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Tom
Eklund, Toijala, Finland Aug. 19 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, more |
T. Eklund: "This
clearly was one of the best shows in last few years. It's quite possible
that I have never seen so many belts during one night." Photo
details: Fuji Provia 400F and too long 15 sec. exposures through Nikon
35mm f/2.0 and Sigma 28mm f/2.0 |
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Ken Cravillion, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA Aug. 18 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more |
Photo details: Pentax 645NII, Provia 400F pushed to 800. |
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Suzanne Ruby,
Elk, Washington, USA Aug. 18 |
#1, #2, #3 |
S. Ruby: "The only reason I was able to capture these fine pictures is my cat decided to take on another night creature and I ran out to save the day. After playing chase the cat I looked up and wondered why the sky was so bright. Then I started the mad dash to find my equipment and head out to capture the show--wonderful. It only lasted an hour and half but what a show. " |
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John Russell,
Nome, Alaska, USA Aug. 18 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more |
J. Russell: "I went 18 miles west of Nome for my first auroras of the season, and watched some of the best I've seen. Photo #1 has Mars among intense curtains low to the south, still in twilight. 01:00 to 02:30am local time. Nikkor 28mm/f1.4, Fuji Superia and NPZ 800 films, and 1/2 second (northward) to 2.5 seconds, facing darker skies to my south." |
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Daniel Tardif, Laurentides Wildlife Reserve,
80 km nrth of Quebec City, Canada Aug. 18 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 |
Photo details: 28 mm lens f/2.8, Fuji X-Tra 800 film, 25 sec exposure |
