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rare red aurora


rare red aurora
Photo Information
Copyright: Blachford Lake (Blachford_photo) (6)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2001-03-10
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-15 9:39
Viewed: 354
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
An extremely rare red auroras. Those beautifull northern lights occur only once every 11 years when the cycle of geomagnetic storm is at is peak. Next one should start in 2009 and reach is peak in 2012. The 11 year cycle forecast are not so accurate, the last huge geomagnetic storm was in 2001 and the one before was in 1989 ( so 12 years between both). The red color is produce by molecular nitrogen and nitrogen ions from coronal mass ejection which enter in collision with the atmospere. Those collisions excite atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere and the energy create by this excitation produce light emission.

this aurora borealis appears for 12 minutes in the sky above Blachford Lake in Northwest-Territories
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  • bisok Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 70 W: 53 N: 85] (492)
  • [2008-04-15 9:41]

Hi.

Amazing colours. Very good composition. Great shot. Marvellous. Thanks for sharing.

Best regards. Mirek

Hi Blachford,
thanks for this amazing view, itīs a pity itīs not sharper. Welcome to TE !
Cheers Christian

Hello Blachford! Very nice shot with very imressive colours. You caught the moment very good! keep up.

George

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