All-Sky Aurora from Churchill, Manitoba
Taken by Alan Dyer on February 7, 2014 @
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure Time: 7/1
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 1250
Date Taken: 2014:02:08 11:58:39
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What another wonderful night! Our second aurora tour group of the season at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre was treated to a beautiful display, despite the Moon and thin clouds. It started as a band across the south but then moved north to produce rippling moving curtains overhead that danced and waved more rapidly than you could imagine possible. The display peaked for us between 11 pm and midnight Central Time, making this a well-timed and convenient aurora beginning after my evening talks and videos.
All evening we were watching SpaceWeather for the numbers — Kp Index and Bz index. We saw that Kp was Unsettled and that the oval looked redder and "hotter" than we had seen it all week. One tour member was dutifully plotting the Bz Index all evening and noted when it suddenly turned South, a good sign. And sure enough, that's when the aurora really began to put on a show. Everyone went to bed happy they had seen a stunning display, allowing tour members to check off another item on their lifetime bucket list.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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