Aurora Borealis Sept 2004 Pics

[Scottie]

Some pics taken by Allan back in Sept 2004 when we were up north. Taken on a 35mm Canon Eos30 which had a 800ASA film in it at the time hence the grain:argh::argh::argh: then downloaded on to a CD.

The one and only time we have saw the aurora borealis.

Aurora (http://jalbum.net/browse/user/album/217637/)

[Ally S]

Pretty spectacular, never seen it myself.

[audrey]

Fab Pics

[AndyP & Lenore]

Would love to see that in the flesh. How far North do you really need to go to see it like that?

A.

[Scottie]

Hi Andy

Allan here Any dark site away from town lights will do just fine to see the Northern Lights and every so often they can be seen as far south as Italy or on the very rare chance sightings as far as the Bahamas. In the late 1890's i think it was the fire brigade was called out to what looked like a massive fire in London, it turned out to be a spectacular display of the aurora.

What is really needed is high solar activity from the Sun to come our way so as it can interact with our atmosphere to give us the displays. Quite possibly the best place in the world to go is a place called Yellow Knife in Canada where you usually will see 3-4 displays a week during the autumn and winter period..

[AndyP & Lenore]

Hi Allan, So even down here in the Borders, as long as we're away from any town lights, will do? When's the best time to see them in this area? Please don't say "at night" lol

A.

[Scottie]

Here you go Andy see link below, but yes it is night time roughly from September onwards.


http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/

[AndyP & Lenore]

Excellent.

Cheers.:thumbs up:

A.