All-Sky Aurora from Churchill
Taken by Alan Dyer on February 3, 2014 @
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure Time: 20/1
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 3200
Date Taken: 2014:02:04 14:31:34
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What an amazing night this was! On the night of Feb 3-4, despite all indicators showing quiet levels of activity, the sky here in Churchill, Manitoba exploded with a stunning all-sky display of rippling curtains across the sky and at the zenith. Churchill is under the prime auroral oval so sees Northern Lights almost every clear night, even when official indicators are reading low or no geomagnetic storms. These images are from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, a non-profit research institute for Arctic science and that also offers aurora-watching and other Arctic tours through the year, including polar bear viewing in the autumn. But late winter is prime time for the Northern Lights. I took these images with an 8mm fish-eye lens that takes in the entire sky. No words can describe the view of rapidly waving curtains rippling from horizon to horizon. In this case, at about 2 am, brightening seemed to begin in the west and propagated up to the horizon then off to the east. All the tour group members left satisfied they had seen the celestial experience of a lifetime.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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