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| Summary: All of the auroras seen this month were triggered by solar wind streams flowing from coronal holes. See also the June 2003 aurora gallery. Go to Page 1 | This is Page 2 Unless otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted by the photographers. |
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Lance
Benner,
West Mt. Vernon, Maine, USA July 20 |
#1, #2, #3 |
L. Benner: "The images show considerably more color than was evident to my eyes: I saw pale white, but my 18-year old neice, Avanelle Riley, said she saw faint red. I used a Minolta X-700 35 mm camera, Kodak GC-400 film (also known as 'Max'), a 50 mm lens set at f/2, and exposures of 60 seconds." |
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Stephane
Levesque, Luceville,
Quebec, Canada July 29 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 |
Photo details: #1 50mm, f1.7, 15 sec, others 16mm, f2.8, 30 sec. |
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Paul
Wicklund, the
Cascade Mountains of Washington
State, USA July 27 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more |
P. Wicklund: "The Table Mountain Star Party is the one of the worlds largest gatherings of amateur astronomers and is definitely the best in the West. Every July nearly 1000 astronomers, and hundreds of telescopes of all types, meet on the 6800' mountain top on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains in Washington State. This year brought perfect weather with incredibly clear skies, and these beautiful soft auroras on our last night. " |
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Lyndon
Anderson, Cragun's
Resort, northwest of Brainerd, North
Dakota, USA July 27 |
#1 |
L. Anderson: "My nephew from Tennessee was with me and saw the Northern Lights for the first time." |
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Jairus Justice,
Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada July 26 |
#1, #2, #3 |
Photo Details: 50mm f1.8 lens w/Fuji Superia 800 film. Exp. f2 @ 10sec |
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Brian Ruddy,
Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, USA July 27 |
#1 |
Photo details: Sony digital camera, F2, wide angle lens, 20 sec. exposure |
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John Carlson, Swan Lake,
near Hutchinson, Minnesota, USA July 27 |
#1 |
J. Carlson: "The faint rays would brighten and disappear in a matter of seconds. Altogether the activity lasted for about 15 minutes." Photo details: Nikon Coolpix 995 60 seconds - 400 ASA f/2.6 |
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Carol
Lakomiak, Tomahawk,
Wisconsin, USA July 25 |
#1 |
C. Lakomiak: "An unexpected but welcome auroral display occurred while I was out with my telescope. It was a mild but pretty show... a glowing dome with sporadic beam structure." |
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Dominic Cantin, Laurentides wildlife reserve,
Quebec, Canada July 18 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, more |
D. Cantin: "It is only the second time that I'veseen this kind of Northern Lights. These auroras present themselves as very brilliant patches, appearing and disappearing constantly in the east direction or in the west direction-- but not at the same time in both directions. Meanwhile there is only a very weak glow of auroras in the north. It was very special to see and photograph this phenomenon." Photo details: 16mm and 28mm @ f 2.8, 20 sec, Fuji Superia 800 |
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Jean
Chiasson,
Laurentides wildlife reserve, Quebec, Canada July 18 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 |
The streak in photo #1 is the International Space Station; photo #2 includes the Andromeda galaxy (can you find it?). |
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Carol
Lakomiak, Tomahawk,
Wisconsin, USA July 16 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 |
C. Lakomiak: "The auroras brightened and dimmed quite a few times in the course of almost 4 hours. I took these photos during one of the early bright periods. Later on, the movements of the auroras became too quick for my equipment so I sat back and enjoyed the show. What surprised me is the amount of detail (barely visible by eye) which was captured on film despite the moonglow. " |
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Lance
Taylor, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada July 15 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 |
In this remarkable series of photos, Lance Taylor captured green auroras and pale blue noctilucent clouds (NLCs) in the skies of Edmonton at the same time. Note that auroras (100 - 500 km) occur at higher altitudes than NLCs (80 km), hence the auroras are always on top in these images. |
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Stephane
Levesque, Luceville, Quebec, Canada July 14 |
#1, #2 |
S. Levesque: "l
took these photos with 16 mm, f4, 30/s with 200 asa, with the moon
behind me." |
