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HikingMike
PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:19 pm 
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The Aurora is at strom levels right now, should hold for next hour. It's daylight and cloudy here in Anchorage so no luck for me :x

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THIS SUCKS!! it is going to be awesome and Anchorage is clouded in!!! :cry:

This was taken at kp5.5out of 10 and right now it is a kp6.3 of 10 (I don't know exactly what the kp scale is)
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Northern Lights by sherpa1d, on Flickr

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If you are in North Central USA you should be able to see it; Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Northern Idaho, Washington (state), maybe Wisconsin

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Pictures already coming in as far south as Ohio http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Louis-R-Shipka-aurora_1319502849.jpg

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Not familure with the UK but the map says could be seen in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, maybe? You would need to look towards the Northern Horizon

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I don't know much about the Antarctic Aurora but the map says it can be seen by the far south end of New Zealand

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i am glad you posted this topic.
i just came back in after 1.5 hours outside taking photos.
importing into lightroom now :)

17mm isnt wide enought :( there was probably lights 340degrees around me and all the way from nearly horizon to directly above me

edit: i see i have gotten quite a lot of red colors in the aurora aswell

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im in with results :)
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http://gekkoen2.deviantart.com/art/Aurora-25-October-VII-265168541
http://gekkoen2.deviantart.com/art/Aurora-25-October-VI-265168427
http://gekkoen2.deviantart.com/art/Aurora-25-October-V-265168325
http://gekkoen2.deviantart.com/art/Aurora-25-October-IV-265168235
http://gekkoen2.deviantart.com/art/Aurora-25-October-III-265168076
http://gekkoen2.deviantart.com/art/Aurora-25-October-II-265167964
http://gekkoen2.deviantart.com/art/Aurora-25-October-265167831

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Lucky!!!! Nice shot you posted, will check the others out when i get back to my computer

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WOW, great photo Gekko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Northern Lights dont reach as far as the Middle East! :cry:

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Here in Winnipeg (about an hour and a bit from the North Dakota-Canada border) it's a clear, cloudless night but I don't see the aurora. I do see something that may be it, but it's very faint and may end up being just some wisps of clouds. I'll try a few shots, but I'm not expecting any spectacular outcome. Hopefully it's not too late!

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This is the main site I follow http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast Pay no attention to the big pic in the center of the page, look at the smaller one on the right. Then on the left down a bit you can change to different maps.

This one, http://www.softservenews.com/aurora.htm If you follow them on Twitter they only post for major events, then you set up Text notification every time they post something and your all set.

I'm still so depressed it is SO cloudy here. May go out in a bit and see if I can see some color in the clouds that isn't city

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Thanks for sharing the site, Mike.

Looks like there isn't much hope for Winnipeg, it's a shame! :( Out last storm was about a month ago, one of the best that I've seen in years, but there was too much cloud to do any photography. What luck!

I've gotta get to bed soon anyways, waking up at 6:30 isn't fun when you've been out taking pictures and got to bed at 3:00!

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Well i went out and saw it dance in the clouds, looked like a search light. By the time i got my gear and headed outa town it was past got the notice it went down from a 7 to 5 which means on the horizon and over the city lights :-( Understand what you mean evan, army up at 515 every morning

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