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Payson Aurora
A moderate coronal mass
ejection from the Sun reached the Earth on the 21st of March
yielding a nice display of the aurora from northern parts of
the world such as Finland, Canada, and northern Europe. However
it was seen here with the camera in Arizona for about an hour
on Saturday morning. I let the camera mounted on a tripod and
self timer run all night long taking 3 minute exposures consecutively
in hopes of capturing a rare moment of increased activity. It
worked! At 12:36 am, a deep red glow rose in the north and lasted
for about an hour before fading. Although this one would not
have been visible to the eye, the camera captured this rare event.
Canon Xti, ISO800, 3 mins at f/3.5 with an 8mm fisheye lens from
Payson,AZ.
This set of two images
shows how fast it happened - The one on the left was taken only
6 minutes earlier and shows only a diffuse red glow. Then the
right image shows how it rapidly rose up and became much more
intense.
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