Aurora on November 20, 2003


A wonderful aurora display that was the furthest south I have ever seen.  The display began as wispy cloud-like structures nearly at the zenith.  At first I thought my astrophoto session was going to be ruined by thin clouds.  I then noticed some red in the cloud and recalled a potential aurora warning for tonight.  I then studied the luminosity of the clouds and realized that this indeed was an aurora display that was well south of the zenith and extended from the western to eastern horizon.  I grabbed the digital camera and the display became a Technicolor show!

Scope f Mount Camera Film Exposure Digital info Location Date
none 4 Tripod Canon 10D with 17-40mm zoom shot at 17mm n/a 30 seconds at ISO 400 Raw conversion with Photoshop and that is about it.  My backyard in Huntington, WV November 20, 2003
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