This four and a half hour movie comes from the University of Florida's Rosemary Hill Observatory. Recorded by a sensitive all-sky camera during the intense geomagnetic storm of Nov. 20th, the bright dancing blobs are rare Florida auroras.

The auroras were first seen directly overhead. By the time I had my camera set up, they had drifted to the south. These pictures were taken between 7:45 PM and 9:00 PM EST. The exposures range from 15 seconds to 1 minute.

I certainly was surprised when I took out thre trash that night! This shot was taken around 10:30. The clouds moved in soon after so I probably missed many more. Fuji s2, asa 400, 30 sec. @ f5.6

Minutes before the real big auroras appeared I found something a little foggy in Cygnus. The photo I took shows that these were a strange and rare kind of little auroras.

Whist on a trip to Tenerife, to view the Leonids of 2003.I was amazed to see this Magnificent red shimmering Auroral glow so far south in the Canaries, above the sumit of Teide. Photo details Nikon FM2, 35mm F2,Exposure 30 seconds. Film Fuji Superior 800 ASA.

Interesting, the reds were barely visible to the naked eye, but nearly dominate the photos. Canon FTb camera, 400 ASA Fuji, 50s exposure, 28mm lense, f2.8

With all the ambient light at the fairgrounds, it made for some interesting photos, even one with a train going through the image. The strange thing was the auroras were in the south instead of the usual northern sky. I actually watched them cover Mars. This was one of the coolest ones I've seen. Photo details: Canon 10D Digital SLR, 20mm lens, 30 sec exposures, ISO 400

20 sec exposures, 200 speed film. Most of the red auroras appeared in the south and west. The Northern sky glowed a bright steady green.

Early morning glory over Girdwood, Alaska with continuous activity of muticolored aurora. Happy Holidays!

Camera was a Ricoh RDC7 at ISO400 with 8 second exposure. This is the brightest aurorae I have ever seen. The main display was overhead with very little to the north.

This was the third time we had auroras in Maryland in two months and I was fortunate to see and photograph them each time. I particularly like the one that displayed the bars beside the planet Mars. Olympus, OM-10, 28 mm wide angle, F2.8, 400 ASA, 15 second.

This was the most dynamic aurora witnessed from Slovenia (45 degs N) so far. The green arcs were as high as 30 degrees over N horizon with red glows extending past the zenith into southern skies. Most interesting were the pulsating rays and curtains near the zenith. Photo details: 37-mm f/2.8 lens, Fuji 800 film.