2000 was the year of Solar max. We had several great auroral storms.
John Russell, a resident of Nome, Alaska, sent me some wonderful
photos of recent geomagnetic activity he witnessed. Here are some of them:


Mr. Russell took this photo on 3 Oct. 2000, 
at about 2:00am. Specs.: Fuji Pro800 NHGII 
film, and 12 second exposure
This image was taken with a Nikon N90s 
camera and 35mm Nikkor lens @f2. 29
Sept., about 1:45am. This "storm" was 
quite intense, and lasted about
4 minutes. 10 second exposure on 
Fuj Superia 400 film. (Straight up 
through a nice corona).

All times given are local for Nome, AK.
Add nine hours for Universal Time.


This aurora looks a lot like a corkscrew.
In the photographer's words:
"This is looking straight up into the bottom of a 
curtain."
The red color indicates an intense storm.

A curtain aurora, also taken during
 the October 3 storm.


Another curtain aurora, from the Sept. 29, 2000
storm:


More photos, from the same storm:


** NEWS UPDATE!! **
Click above link for John's photos of the
November 2000 geomagnetic storm,
featured at Spaceweather.com!
John has also created his own
web site, with more of his stunning
images!
 

If you enjoyed these images, please visit
the Northern Illinois Astronomers web page.
You'll find John's aurora pictures posted
there, plus many photos of deep space
objects, planets, and the moon, taken by
a group of talented folks.


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This page last updated 18 April 2003.