Light Pillars -
Taken by Lee Stang on January 23, 2014 @
Northeastern Pennsylvania, USA
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure Time: 45/1
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Date Taken: 2014:01:24 01:26:10
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It has been many years since we have seen the real northern lights in Pennsylvania, but the past few winters we occasionally get to see some "fake" northern lights. Last night was a very cold night around zero degrees with some clouds. We live in the country, well away from any towns or cities that would normally cause light pillars but these were all around especially to our north. They were caused by the many Marcellus Shale natural gas well drilling rigs that have moved into northern Pennsylvania the past few years. The one photo is of the rig about 5 miles north of us that produced the brightest pillar. The constellation Cassiopeia and Polaris can be seen in some of the pictures. Taken with a Canon T2i - 45-50s exposure.
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