My dad and I thought our aurora borealis view was pretty good, but check out this shot of the Northern lights in LaOtto, Indiana:
Photo by Robert B. Slobins, from SpaceWeather.com
That picture was taken during the previous night’s aurora storm, on Oct. 29, which we couldn’t see here in Connecticut because of the cloudy skies. But this one, from Sherbrooke, Quebec, was taken around the same time that my dad and I were watching auroras in Burlington, CT:
Photo by Remi Boucher, from SpaceWeather.com
Sherbrooke is almost due north of Burlington. It’s about 300 miles away, but because auroras are so high up in the atmosphere, it’s entirely possible that those lights are essentially the same lights that we were seeing on the low horizon from a much greater distance. They even look alike: green lights below, red lights above. Interesting.
There are more great aurora photos were these came from, on SpaceWeather.com’s aurora gallery pages!
March 1st, 2004 at 7:51:47 pm
Hi, i’m actually the photographer who took the picture of the aurora on 2003 october 30 that can be seen on your webpage (http://www.brendanloy.com/blog/archives/008851.html)
I found your page by doing a little search on the web. I appreciate when people ask me to use my pictures, but even if you didn’t do it, thanks to have put my name and the source with the picture.
Well, the only thing I’m asking to you, is that I would like to see your pictures of the same night, that’s all… :)
thank you,
Rémi, scalp022@yahoo.ca