Aurora Borealis
Taken by Dennis Mammana on May 14, 2005 @
Borrego Springs, California, USA
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Exposure Time: 20/1
Aperture: f/1.4
ISO: 400
Date Taken: 2015:05:14 09:54:18
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Tonight(May 14/15) marks ten years since the aurora borealis last appeared over Southern California's Anza-Borrego Desert. During the night and morning of May 14/15, 2005, an extreme geomagnetic storm sparked displays of the northern lights across much of the United States, and we desert rats got quite a show. Maybe only once or twice a year does the aurora become strong enough to appear over the American Southwest but, when it does, it can produce a most unearthly scene. While I photographed the show from my front yard I was talking on the phone with a friend in New Hampshire who was doing the same. On this night the aurora danced over so wide an area of the northern sky that it required five wide-angle images stitched together to capture it all. The yellowish glow along the horizon is light pollution from Palm Springs and desert cities to our north.
• Photo details: Canon EOS 10D, Canon 24mm f/1.4L lens, ISO 400, 15 seconds at f/1.4 (five frames)
• Processing details: Noise Ninja 2.3.2, PTGui Pro 7.2, Photoshop CS5
Photographer's website:
http://www.dennismammana.com
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