Aurora photos taken about 6:30 PM. I could see the green emissions over the Huntsville city lights but the red was only apparent once I was out of town. Photo details: Pentax K1000, 400 ASA, approximately 30 sec exposure.

The sky was bright pink in the north both in the morning, and the evening right after sunset. A few red pulsating glows would move along the horizon, the higher they got, the redder they became. My latitude is +34.25N.

Photo details: Pentax K-1000, 50mm f/1.4, 400 ASA, 45s exposure

"After wanting to see auroras all my life..... I finally have!" says photographer Becky Ramotowski. "These were not the vivid colors of green and red like the lucky residents farther north get, but they were nice and rosy. I was hoping the return of those sunspots would fire up the sky again!"

Panoramic image taken on the morning of 11/20/03. The crescent moon is shown rising in the East with the auroras to the northeast.

What a show! It started around UT20:50 and lasted until UT22:20 with a peak around UT21:20 Pinkish red columns were rising from the North-East horizon and occasionaly the odd yellow-greenish one would appear. What a great time for us low-latitude aurora chasers from the Astro Biniou Club! This time the clouds didn't spoil the show! All pictures are copyright Michel Benvenuto. Taken with a Nikon D100 and a 14mm at F/D 2.8 in 30/20 seconds

We had some moderate auroral activity from about 7:45 to 9 pm EST, and then a couple of hours of just a bright northern glow, and then intense activity from about 11:45 pm to past 1 am. The bright sky glow that was part of this display made it difficult to get a clear aurora pattern in the photos. Lovely to watch though! Canon A-1, 28mm lens, f/2.8, 30 seconds, Fuji Superia X-tra.

I was driving in a semi-dark location about 15 miles south of Raleigh, NC when I noticed 3 or 4 distinct 'green clouds'. Knowing of the geo-magnetic storm potential for Nov. 20, I knew that I was seeing aurora in NC! Using a Fuji S2 Pro Digital camera at ISO 1600, I pulled over and shot these images at 30 secs apiece. The red was a very dark 'blood-red' or maroon color - not near as bright as depicted in photo of course. Green aurora was located in the NW and the reds rose through Cygnus from the NW almost to zenith. An incredible sight that lasted almost two hours (18:15 to 20:00 EST).

Very colorful aurora. Most prominent to the south! Minolta SRT101 with a 16mm lens at 2.8. Exposure time 20 seconds. Film Fuji Provia 400F.

Bobby Laney,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Nov. 20

Auroras lasted for about 45 minutes fading in and out several times. Fuji 400 28mm at f2.8. Exposure times ranging from 15-30 seconds.