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Aurora over Franklin, Wisconsin

Jonathan — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:33:06 +0000

Thanks to an alert from SpaceWeather.com, last night I was treated to a display of the aurora borealis.

After looking up for a few minutes with my mouth gaping open in amazement, I rushed back in the house, took a quick look through my camera manual (to figure out how to set the exposure manually) and headed back out. These two pictures, which were the best of the lot, were taken with a 30 second exposure at F2.8.

I first went outside about 10:45. I spent the next hour and a half watching the ribbons of light dance above me.

Northern Lights 2

Jonathan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It must be Aurora season. Last night for the second time in nine days, I saw the Northern Lights. Unfortunately, this time I was closer to the Milwaukee metro area, so the display was subdued quite a bit by city lights, but there were definite streaks of red and green visible from my house. In case you missed it, the SpaceWeather.com site has some spectacular pictures of last night’s display in their Aurora Gallery.

Northern Lights

Jonathan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Last night I was outside around midnight, and saw the Aurora Borealis. Words cannot describe what an amazing sight that is. It was the second time in my life I’ve seen the Northern Lights. Although they didn’t fill up as much of the sky as the first time I saw them, last night’s aurora did have more brilliant color (streaks of deep red) than my first aurora experience. To learn more about auroras and when you might see them, visit SpaceWeather.com.