Amazing aurora pic

[markem]

The story of the pic is here: http://www.spaceweather.com/

http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/images2010/14sep10/Thilo-Bubek1.jpg?PHPSESSID=uunj39lndtp8earpc9aljfgn74

[Chingas]

Northern Lights must be some of the most amazing things to ever be seen.

It's on my bucket list!

[pektel]

i see then multiple times a year from my deck. Truly amazing.
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[MedicCook]

I wish I was there to see this.

[pektel]

picture do it no justice. You have to see them move too.
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[Blueface]

I dream of seeing this in person some day.
Amazing what causes that effect. If we were on another planet unlike Earth, we would be fried. Actually, beyond fried. Gone instantly.

[kugie]

That is really cool.:tu
Did any one read the story of the luna rainbow that was also pretty cool. I did not know that that even existed

[ucla695]

Wow. Truly amazing!

[replicant_argent]

Great photo!
I have seen them pulsate and undulate a few times, the most intense show when I was out on Madeleine Island out in Superior for a 2 hours about 12 years ago. We laid on the beach and couldn't believe our eyes, 20 times more intense than either myself or my buddy had ever seen. One of my favorite natural wonders.

[ahc4353]

picture do it no justice. You have to see them move too.
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[CigarNut]

Very cool Mark! I have never seen the Aurora Borealis, but I am hoping to when I go on an Alaska cruise next May!

[MiamiE]

This is pretty amazing. Where can you go see this?

[Blueface]

This is pretty amazing. Where can you go see this?

As close to the North Pole as you can. The closer you go, the better the show.
It is due to how the solar flares hit the Earth and the tilt on the globe. Amazing stuff.

[yourchoice]

Awesome awesome pic.

[Darrell]

The Northern Lights are amazing.

[jmsremax]

That is sick! I checked out the website and the pictures of Jupiter are awesome.

[Doctorossi]

That is an amazing pic! I don't see Jose Blanco or Guillermo Leon anywhere.

[Lumpold]

As close to the North Pole as you can. The closer you go, the better the show.
It is due to how the solar flares hit the Earth and the tilt on the globe. Amazing stuff.

Yes, this is correct, the closer to the north pole, the better the effect... however, the most southern report of Aurora Borealis is a little place called El Paso. http://www.astronet.ru/db/xware/msg/1162436 <-- image of the Aurora taken in Texas.

[Don Fernando]

Am I the only one who expected a picture or a La Aurora?

[STEVE S]

as close to the north pole as you can. The closer you go, the better the show.
It is due to how the solar flares hit the earth and the tilt on the globe. Amazing stuff.

we could see the northern lights when i lived in up-state new york!!

[Blueface]

we could see the northern lights when i lived in up-state new york!!

No doubt.
The show just gets more brilliant and prominent as you go north.

Besides, upstate NY IS the north pole to a NJ/FL guy like me.:D

[Blueface]

That is sick! I checked out the website and the pictures of Jupiter are awesome.

I love what the photo of Jupiter and the four moons says:
For the individual planets shots I used a DMK 41AF02 monochrome camera and a DBK41AF02 color camera, both from The Imaging Source attached to my WO FLT110 f/6.5 refractor through a Televue Powermate 2,5x. For the wide-field picture, I used a Canon Eos 5DMkII at prime focus

Even for a photographer, that stuff sounds like a foreign language.:r

[sikk50]

I would like to see the northern lights in person one day. They always fascinated me