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The Northern Lights
(The Anti-Equinox Aurora!) |
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June 18, 2003 |
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A Magical Moment When I took this photograph, it was a magical moment. The light of dawn was in sharp contrast with the northern lights, and the bright moon lit up the entire scene. It was comfortable out, with no wind - and virtually no mosquitoes. And bright Mars could be seen near the moon to the southeast. Looking east. |
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Looking northwest. |
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Looking east. |
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A corona. My scanner (Epson Perfection 1660 Photo) read this as a black and white photograph and I don't know how to change the settings to make it scan color. I've got time to learn. Obviously looking overhead. |
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Looking northeast. |
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Looking east. My last photograph of the morning. FYI, this photograph (and the next) were taken using Kodak's new High Definition print film, 400 speed. I'm going to try it a couple of more times. I believe it has some potential for northern lights photography - but I want to try a couple more shows using it. |
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This is my only photograph that was taken with an 85 mm lens with a 2.0 aperature. I took this photograph - looking northwest - at about 12:20 a.m. I noted some purple in the bottom of the curtains and wanted to capture it with this lens. Unfortunately, I wasn't ready and had to scramble and didn't do a good job. Next time I will be ready. I believe that the 85 mm lens will be useful to capture substorms near the northern horizon. |
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Looking east. |
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Looking southeast. The northern lights, mars and the moon. My next lesson in astrophotography has to be to learn how to take such a photograph without having all the lens flare. This also showed up on some other photographs. |
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Looking northeast. |
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Looking east. |
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Looking east-southeast. |
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The big dipper - looking northwest. |
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Looking east-northeast. |
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Looking east. |
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A corona overhead. |
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Looking northwest. |
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Looking northwest. |
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Looking east. |
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Looking north. |
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Looking east-southeast. |
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Looking east-southeast. |
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And just in case ya thought that North Dakota isn't that pretty, consider that a number of these photographs were taken the afternoon of June 18 - and the rest on the morning of June 14. |
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Left - June 14 - early morning clouds. Right - June 18 - Prairie Rose. |
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Left - June 18 - Blanket Flower. Right - June 18 - Pincushion Cactus. |
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Left - June 14 - Large-Flowered Beard Tongue. Right - June 14 - Wild blue flax. |
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Left - June 18 - Tiger Swallowtail. Right - June 18 - Blister Beetle. |
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