All-Sky Aurora from Churchill
Taken by Alan Dyer on February 16, 2015 @
Churchill, Manitoba
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D
Exposure Time: 10/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 4000
Date Taken: 2015:02:17 00:28:44
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Tonight, Feb 16, was the last night for aurora viewing for the first aurora tour group hosted by the Churchill Northern Studies Centre. Despite predictions calling for an active display, we had given up hope of seeing anything as a blizzard had been raging all day and continued into the evening. Nevertheless, skies cleared enough to reveal a wonderful all-sky display of Northern Lights, with multiple curtains of light snaking over the sky. Winds were still howling and snow was still blowing, but from the shelter of the Centre's second floor observing deck we could view the display in windless comfort, despite the -30° C temperatures. The group was delighted at having this bonus viewing night. The view overlooks the boreal forest on the frozen shore of Hudson Bay, and the now derelict launch buildings of the abandoned Churchill Rocket Range, in use from the late 1950s until the 1980s. Some 3500 rockets were fired from here in its heyday, shot into the active auroras that occur here almost nightly under the auroral oval. Tonight's display was marked by fringes of magenta, rather than the deeper reds we observed 2 nights ago.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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