Spaceweather.com: November 2003 Aurora Gallery

November 2003
Aurora Gallery
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Summary: A coronal mass ejection (CME) swept past Earth on Nov. 20th and sparked bright auroras as far south as Florida in the United States and Greece in Europe. The source of the CME was sunspot 484--one of the trio of active regions that caused intense geomagnetic storms last month. See, e.g., the October 2003 aurora gallery.

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Photographer, Location	Images	Comments
Bill Hitchens, Delmar, Maryland, USA Nov. 20	#1, #2, #3, #4	It was just getting dark when I took the first picture; the aurora was in the west-southwest sky. Petri Racer 45mm, f1.8, 400 ASA,15 seconds.
Mike Beier, Buena Vista, Virginia, USA Nov. 20	#1, #2, #3	(35mm SLR, 28MM lens, Exposure time 20 seconds to 80 seconds.) There were auroras in all directions when we first went out to view, and we had to run home and get the camera. Pictures were taken mostly facing west-south-west, you can see the constellation Aquila in some shots. These were our first attempts at taking pictures of auroras, WOW! I had never seen anything like this before.
Connie Corbett, St. Helena, Napa Valley, California Nov. 20	#1	The peak of the storm occurred earlier in the afternoon and i was surprised to observe auroral activity some 9-10 hours later this far south...a 12 second exposure taken with a nikon 995 at 800 asa.
Heiko Rodde, 25 km north of Zuerich, Switzerland Nov. 20	#1, #2, #3, more	It was a amazing show. The best I ever seen in Switzerland. Photo details: Canon Powershot G2, 100 ASA, 10 - 15 sec. exposure, f 2.0
Ron Pearson, Evergreen, Colorado, USA Nov. 20	#1, #2	The dotted trail on the lower right is a small plane. Both shots taken with medium format (6cm x 4.5cm) Bronica ETR-C, 50mm (wide-angle) f/2.8 on tripod. Exposures are a couple minutes. I didnt time them, no. 2 looks like almost 5min from the length of trails. Both were taken on Fujichrome 400F, pushed one stop in processing, and both show more aurora than could be seen with the eye! I'm amazed at the amount of red visible. Red was prominent, but this film in long exposure really picked it all up. Not too bad for a used 30yr. old film camera imo. ; )
Thomas Robitaille, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland Nov. 20	#1, #2, #3, #4, more	Photo details: Canon EOS300, 400ASA, 30 second exposures.
Keith Arnett, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, USA Nov. 20	#1, #2, #3, #4	Taken with Minolta F300 5MP, set on manual, 400ASA, 15sec (Max on this camera). These globs or patches were all over the sky! From West 30DEG up, to the Zenith, to the East. Very Unusual Display.
Ginger Mayfield, Divide, CO	#1, #2, more	A beautiful pillar during the second surge around midnight. Taken with a Canon D60 on a tripod.
David Patterson, Bangor, Maine, USA Nov. 20	#1, #2, #3	Had never seen the Northern Lights... this was one of the most amazing sights I have ever witnessed. Canon 10D, 30 seconds at f5.6.
Johnny Knight, Monroe, North Carolina, USA Nov. 20	#1, #2, #3, #4, more	Images were taken using a Kodak DC-4800 Digital camera in manual mode. ISO 400, F2.8, 16 second exposure. Images were a bit dark so the orignals were reduced in size then processed to enhance the colors and allow for faster loading on a web page
Phillip Scott, Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA Nov. 20	#1, #2	This was the 5th time since 1991 I've seen Aurora from SE Oklahoma. Each one has been as exciting as the first. These were taken with a Minolta SLR, 800 ASA, 60 sec, and a 28mm lens.
John & Christina O'Connor, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA Nov. 20	#1, #2, #3	Beautiful diffuse clouds of red and green, stretching high overhead. Taken with an Olympus C4000 iso 400, f2.8 and a 16 second exposure.
Paul Anderson, Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia Aug. 18	#1, #2, #3	canon ae-1, 28mm, 400 film, 30 second exp.

more images: from Tyler Shelton of Kingsport, Tennessee

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