Aurora borealis (a look back) over Saxony
Taken by Heiko Ulbricht on November 6, 2001 @
Lerchnberg hill, Saxony, Germany
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11/06/2001 - a look back ... A review
Tomorrow 20 years ago, after October 23, 2001 an even heavier geomagnetic storm followed, which triggered another very intense Aurora borealis over Saxony! Mind you, in the morning at 4 a.m. CET! The shock front did not arrive until 02:00 a.m. CET!
It was triggered by an X1.0 flare (like the other day a few days ago, but which hardly triggered PL). It was a G4 storm with a DST index of 292 nanoTesla and a Bz value of -79.5 nanoTesla. Ideal values for a great aurora show!
At around 3:30 a.m. in the middle of the night (I was deep asleep in bed!) my phone suddenly rang. It was a starfriend: "... Heiko, go outside, intense Aurora is visible ...!" I quickly rang an another starfriend out of bed. Now it got hectic: I put normal clothes on over my pajamas, grabbed my analogue PRAKTICA (but still in my photo cabinet today and again with a new Kodak E 100 inside!). Grabbed also my tripod and rushed for the Lechenberg hill near Börnchen, a few kilometers from Dresden! The whole thing was rewarded with one of the most magnificent aurora borealis of the 23rd sunspot cycle over Saxony! Intense red and very bright. The spectacle could be seen for about 30 minutes, then the sky was completely overcast. But the maximum was captured on Kodak film ...! 😉
Outside temperature then -1 ° C and gusty cold wind. Under the normal clothes my pajama… I've never been as fast on the Lerchenberg hill at the time for 20 years ago ... 😉
In the background the lights of Dresden ...
PRAKTICA MTL 5B by PENTACON, 1.8/50 mm (F2.8), 60s, cable release, KODAK E 200 slide film (reversal-, slide film)
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