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| Summary: Two solar coronal mass ejections CMEs swept past Earth on May 29th: one at 1215 UT (8:15 a.m. EDT) and another at 1900 UT (2:00 p.m. EDT). The impacts shook Earth's magnetic field and triggered more than 9 hours of severe geomagnetic storms. A third CME arrived at approximately 1600 UT (or noon EDT) on May 30th. Geomagnetic storms began again, but this time they were mild. All three CMEs were hurled into space by X-class explosions near giant sunspot 365. See also the April 2003 aurora gallery. Page 1 | This is Page 2 Unless otherwise stated, all images are copyrighted by the photographers. |
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Jean-Christophe
Dalouzy, Normandy,
France May 29 |
#1, more |
Photo details: 28 mm lens open at 2.4; 30 sec exposure on Fuji Provia 400F |
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Brian Larmay, Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest, Wisconsin May 29 |
#1, #2 |
Photo details: Provia 400F, 40 secs @ f/4, f/2.8 28mm Nikon Lens |
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Nicolas
Reyren and Mark Williams, near St-Cergue,
20 km from Geneva, Switzerland May 29 |
#1 |
Photo details: about 1 minute on Kodak Gold 400 with a 16mm fish-eye at f/2.8 |
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Selma Koelers,
Gronau, Germany, near the border with Holland May 30 |
#1 |
Photo details: Canon
EOS 300, Fujifilm Superia 200 asa, Lens 24mm F:2.8 15-30 sec |
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Jan den Hollander,
The Netherlands May 30 |
#1, #2 |
Photo details: Kodak
Pro 800 asa, 28/2.8 lens, 30 seconds at 22:20 UT on 30th of May |
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USAF Defense Meteorological
Satellite Program (DMSP), spacecraft F-15 May 30 |
#1 |
Mark Conner, DMSP staff scientist: "This image was taken at 2020 UTC on May 30th over the South Atlantic Ocean between Africa and Antarctica. DMSP satellites are in a sun-synchronous polar orbit above Earth and have the capability to produce images from low light conditions. Cloud features illuminated by the auroras are visible, including the strong low pressure area in the top center of the image. Note the swirling is clockwise since it is in the Southern Hemisphere (a low in the Northern Hemisphere would swirl counter-clockwise). Image credit: Meteorological Satellite Applications Branch, Air Force Weather Agency" |
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Bob
Sandy,
Roanoke County, Virginia, USA May 29 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, more |
Photo details: Canon D60 digital camera; 15 second exposures; 28mm lens at f/2.8; shot between 9:45 and 9:55 EDT on 5/29/03. |
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Wojtek
Welnowski,
Wuppertal, Germany May 29 |
#1, #2 |
"I had never seen auroras before; and now --YES!" says Wojtek. Photo details: Casio QV-4000, 100 ASA,60 sec., F2.0, 35mm +a fisheye lens. |
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Mark Williams and Nicolas
Reyren,
near St-Cergue, 20 km from Geneva, Switzerland May 29 |
#1 |
"We saw magnificent Northern Lights last night in Switzerland," says Williams. Photo details: 30 sec. exposure on Fuji Superia 800 film; 18mm, f/3.5 lens |
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Jerzy Rafalski,
Torun Poland May 29 |
#1, #2 |
The bright lights of Torun, where Copernicus once lived, were not bright enough to overwhelm the Northern Lights. Photo details: Canon PowershotA40 camera, at 15s/2.8, set as 100 and 200 ISO. |
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Heiko
Rodde, 25 km north of Zuerich, Switzerland May 29 |
#1, #2, #3 |
Photo details: Canon Powershot G2 15 sec. - 400 ASA - f2.0 |
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Michael
Stolicny,
Shrewsbury, MA, USA May 29 |
#1, #2 |
M. Stolicny: "At 9:30 at night, this shows you how close to the zenith that this activity was. While this was going on, the nothern sky was a pale blue (behind mostly cloudy skies). I consider myself very lucky to have a clear patch overhead--time enough for these photos." |
More: from Anders Mørup-Petersen of Ristinge Beach in Southern Denmark; from Winfried Backhaus near Muenster, Germany;
