Aurora Borealis last night

[popcan]

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DW got some amazing pics of the Aurora last night!

 

 

Viewed from Green Lake BC, "The Cariboo".

N 51.22.803 - W 121.16.257

 

 

[Vict0riann]

Wow! Is this early for the aurora borealis?

[popcan]

Wow! Is this early for the aurora borealis?

 

I don't know if there is a "season" for the Aurora per se. Maybe conditions are better during certain times of the year, (colder, clearer air?) but also the amount of Solar activity has an impact. I do know that we are supposed to have an unusual amount of Solar flares, or whatever they are called, this year.

 

Astronomers, chime in! :)

[retiring soon]

Wow, that's lovely! Thanks for posting. I'm hoping to see them on my Alaska cruise next year.

 

~ Jo ~:)

[geocruiser]

Wikipedia has good info on this .

[HamOp]

Great picture. Could you ask DW what settings she used? Time? f-stop? ISO speed??

[hpf]

Thanks, I havn.t seen them that good since the last time I was in Northern Alberta 4 years ago this month. I keep looking out my North facing window very late at night but I haven't seen them here on the East Coast for a long while.

Helen

[sail7seas]

Beautiful photo.

Thanks for sharing with us. :)

[PathfinderEss]

Wow, how beautiful, thanks for posting the picture.:)

[trophy_23]

Great shot! Certainly a 'bucket list' item for me!

[popcan]

Thanks, I havn.t seen them that good since the last time I was in Northern Alberta 4 years ago this month. I keep looking out my North facing window very late at night but I haven't seen them here on the East Coast for a long while.

Helen

 

This site may help you. It gives very accurate predictions on the chances of seeing the Aurora, on an hour-by-hour basis.

 

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast

 

 

 

 

 

Great picture. Could you ask DW what settings she used? Time? f-stop? ISO speed??

 

Not sure how much detail you're interested in, but here's the basic exif data pulled from the pic: (if you want the expanded data I can give it to you).

Camera in aperture priority mode.

 

2013:10:01 21:07:30

Panasonic DMC-G2

Focal Length:

29mm (35mm eq.)

Aperture: f/4

Exposure: 15s

Ev: 0

ISO equiv: 400

 

Those of you who have cruised north of the Arctic Circle, did you see the Aurora up there?

[Vict0riann]

Hey, Popcan, Claire Martin, the weather lady on CBC, requested photos of the aurora tonight on the news. You should send her yours!

[JamesEM]

Thanks for sharing your great photo.

[RJ2002]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing.

 

Unfortunately, we were too far South. I was able to see the lights of the Strip though! :D

[Krazy Kruizers]

Beautiful picture.

Thank you for sharing it.

Our TV stations were showing it as well.

[jtl513]

I don't know if there is a "season" for the Aurora per se. Maybe conditions are better during certain times of the year, (colder, clearer air?)

I don't think the air conditions have much if anything to do with it, but they're far easier to see in the winter when it's dark at night. ;)

 

THIS SITE says the "season" begins in Spring.

 

A NASA site (now shutdown by Congress) says "And, oh yes, don’t forget the aurora borealis. Spring is aurora season. For reasons not fully understood by scientists, ... Indeed, studies show that autumn is aurora season, too."

[HamOp]

This site may help you. It gives very accurate predictions on the chances of seeing the Aurora, on an hour-by-hour basis.

 

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not sure how much detail you're interested in, but here's the basic exif data pulled from the pic: (if you want the expanded data I can give it to you).

Camera in aperture priority mode.

 

2013:10:01 21:07:30

Panasonic DMC-G2

Focal Length:

29mm (35mm eq.)

Aperture: f/4

Exposure: 15s

Ev: 0

ISO equiv: 400

 

Those of you who have cruised north of the Arctic Circle, did you see the Aurora up there?

 

Thanks. You answered my question.

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

Thanks for posting..

[HokiePoq]

Great shot! Certainly a 'bucket list' item for me!

 

Took the words out of my mouth! I asked when we were in Alaska in June/July but found that we were in the wrong season to see this beautiful sight.

Thanks to the OP for positing!

[RuthC]

Those of you who have cruised north of the Arctic Circle, did you see the Aurora up there?

Never. :( I have spent many a cruise day north of the Arctic circle, and a good many more slightly south of it, but have never seen the Aurora. But then, it's always been prey close to 24-hour daylight when I was there.

 

I very much want to see the Aurora some day. Perhaps a winter trip to Churchill will get me a view of the Aurora and polar bears on one shot! :D

[travelnap]

Surprisingly, it was very visible even in Minnesota last night. The local news station in Minneapolis had some beautiful pictures of it that some of their viewers had sent in.

[solocanadian]

Warren, great photo. That same night I didn't go to another room to check the sky but was surprised how "light" it looked outside in my courtyard at 2:30 A.M. here in Steveston, BC