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Auroras
Taken by Jake Stehli on September 20, 2015 @ Hartford, Wisconsin, USA

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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS REBEL T4i
Exposure Time: 15/1
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ISO: 1600
Date Taken: 2015:09:20 11:11:16

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Half of the challenge is making with what you have and this is better than a totally socked in despite a clear forecast from earlier in the day! Interestingly it was clear directly overhead most of the night However Around 4am CDT, clouds cleared just enough to allow an extremely bright substorm through to the eye!

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Jake - can you provide a more specific location/highway/road where you mainly take your shots from? We lived in Hartford in 1986-1989. Just interested in getting a better idea from what vantage point you take the pictures you post. We still have family there, and if we find ourselves in town when the conditions are right, are likely to go out aurora hunting. We currently live in a place where the KP has to be 8 in order for us to even have a remote chance to see them. Thanks!

Posted by 1LookinUp 2015-09-20 12:37:20

Hi 1LookinUp! This was taken at a friends house about 3 miles north of town near the Hartford Airport. The Airport would be an excellent place to go (preferably the west side of it on cty road U). Light pollution is low enough there to see them easily with the naked eye if bright enough. Trick is to look low on the horizon. Many of the auroras we see are actually still north of Marquette Michigan and it still takes a G4 or G5 Kp8 or 9) to get them overhead here! However, while many say looking at Auroras on the horizon is not worth it, those people will often miss many great shows! I have seen them dance across the northern sky to the point it was the most noticeable thing during a full moon, while many others are just a glow and you have to be there at the right time for when it brightens up and becomes like the above. The above was also taken with a very long exposure of 20 seconds (normally I use 8-10 sec) due to the extreme light pollution generated off the clouds, which sort of deepens the colors as well as the clouds. However sometimes light pollution makes them pretty as well! =)

Posted by jakeo35 2015-09-21 13:08:15

Thanks for the reply, Jake! Great information for us Wisconsinites transplanted in the Southeastern US. Keep capturing those images of what your camera and eye see on the northern horizon in our home state. Happy Aurora chasing!

Posted by 1LookinUp 2015-09-21 14:01:59

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