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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. This is Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 Unless otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted by the photographers. |
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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). |
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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." |
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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. " |
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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." |
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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." |
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Jouni Jussila,
northern Finland March 11 |
#1 | The planetary K index was only 2 when Jouni saw these lovely auroras. |
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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 |
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John Russell,
Nome, Alaska, USA March 5 |
#1, #2, #3, more | Photo details: Nikkor 28mm / f1.4, Superia 800, and 3 to 8 seconds |
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Nicola
Foster,
Lake Tjornin, Reykjavik, Iceland March 5 |
#1, more | none |
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Joe Slagle,
near Anchorage, Alaska, USA March 3 |
#1 | The tiny thumbnail doesn't do justice to the lovely full-sized panoramic image. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
