An unexpected auroral display occurred at the Nebraska Star Party the night of 7/21, really its Wednesday morning the 22nd. After looking at the arc of clouds in the north for 30 minutes I realized they were not clouds! While your eyes could not see the color the first photo I took confirmed my suspicion that this was an aurora. An hour later the glow had diminished but occasionally you were seeing more structure in display.
Photograph Information | |
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Date | 07.22.2008, 00:43 |
Location | Nebraska Star Party, Merriott Reservoir, by Valentine, NE |
Lens | Tokina 12 @ f4 |
Camera | Canon 40D |
Exposure | 30 seconds at ISO 1600 |
Notes | Excellent transparancy, temperature around 62°F, good seeing. Initial RAW conversion in Lightroom 2.0, additional processing in Photoshop CS2. |