If its OK with you guys..

[borealis aka Dirk Obudzinski]

Thank you for the welcome note, Flashpoint...
There do not seem to be too many people browsing through these aurora postings... is it worth continuing this thread or is it rather recommended to start a new one?

[joesnuff]

I'm not an admin but I'm going to authoritatively say Go Ahead and feel free to start a new thread! Keep these auroras coming.

Wow.

How far north do I have to drive before I'd start seeing these?

j

[borealis aka Dirk Obudzinski]

Allright then... it's going to happen very soon...

How far north do you have to drive? That kind of depends where you are located... If your are living in Europe you might want to go to Scandinavia or Iceland... In case you live in North America, you may "drive" to to some northern part of the US where the Aurora has shown herself quite often (especially recently...) or (even better) go to Canada...
My favorite place to go see and photograph the Northern Lights is Fairbanks, Alaska.
And the Aurora is not seen at all times... it depends on solar and geomagnetic activity... more information about this at:

borealis2000.com/news.html

On this site you may also subscribe to a free newsletter/aurora alert... You'll be notified in case of an Aurora appearance at lower latitudes, such as California, Texas, Germany or Great Britan (this only happens 2 to 4 times a year at the peak of an 11 year solar cycle!)

Any more questions?

[Flashpoint]

Leonid meteor shower on Monday night/Tuesday morning! It think the Aussies are out of luck this time - but the North Americans need to get their postieriors out and watch!


photo: Chuck Johnson

[borealis]

Hi there,
it took me a while... but here are some of my latest photographs captured on October 7/8 in Yellowstone Natl. Park, Wyoming:

"self portrait" with Aurora and genuine meteor
Auroral curtains and Pleiades (top right corner)
Auroral arch over Yellowstone Lake

all photographs © Dirk Obudzinski 2002

more images can be seen at borealis2000.com

Happy Thanksgiving!

Dirk

[joesnuff]

excellent! thank you for posting these. beautiful and sublime. i'm always amazed at these skies, like they're filled with potent vapors come from deep space or something.

unfortunately this messageboard seems deserted for the most part, but i'm glad i caught your post.

j

[Poeticsiren]

I'm still here, kinda. It takes a lot of time to learn how to be an animal doc.

NEAT PICTURES! They made my nite of frantic studying better.

Laurie

[Flashpoint]

_{photo:Warren Justice}

What? Someone had to drag this board (kicking and screaming) into 2003.

[joesnuff]

heh, the lights are very sensational.

as well as very intestinal.

i'm alive

[borealis]

...looks like the winter is about to be over soon and some guys are waking up from their hybernation...

Well, I'll be happy to contribute some more images to this forum, if there are still some people around. So if you are, make your voice heard and post something!

My friend Chuck Johnson took this one on January 27 in Alaska. It's a unique photograph of a 2-stage Terrier-Black Brant IX rocket launch at the Poker Flat Research Range. The rocket flew 385 kilometers high through the aurora to obtain measurements that will help scientists understand the structure and characteristics of high-frequency waves and turbulence created by the aurora.



Location: Cleary Summit, 20 miles northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska
Time: 10:50 pm on January 27 (07:50 UTC on Jan. 28)
Camera: Olympus digital C3040, f1.8, 400 ISO 16 sec. exposure

[Flashpoint]

Please keep posting Dirk. I might get very quiet but I'm definitely still here.

I was just browsing the homepage of one John Russel - there are some very nice images there. Here's a link if anyone is interested: www.northernlightsnome.com/Index.html

And a sample image while I'm at it.

[borealis]

Hello Flashpoint,

yeah, John Russel is a good one... he lives way out there in Nome, Alaska which can only be reached by plane. He's got a great collection of Aurora images.

Here's an image, that I took on March 31, 2001 north of Fairbanks, Alaska. That was a great night with plenty of multi-colored auroral displays.



© Dirk Obudzinski 2001
more at borealis2000.com