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Solar Spike Feb. 4, 2010
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:59:01 2010 UTC
Ice crystals in the air are responsible for this solar spike that was
seen over the setting sun across Cook Inlet as viewed from near Homer,
Alaska on the evening of February 4, 2010.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Mount St. Augustine and Fata Morganna
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:59:01 2010 UTC
A layer of warm air over cold air creats a type of lensing effect known
as fata morganna. In this type of mirage distant features are seen to be
streached vertically. The distant volcano island of Mount St. Augustine
normally has gentle slopes when seen in profile but here they are
distorted into impossible cliff faces as seen from near Homer, Alaska on
January 31, 2010. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax
Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Moonset over the Aleutian Range
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:59:01 2010 UTC
After another bright moonlit night our moon, now just past full, heads
towards the western horizon as seen from near Homer, Alaska on the
morning of January 31, 2010.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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January Sunset Over Kamishak Bay
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:37:01 2010 UTC
Even though the aurora has been somewhat elusive from Alaska's Kenai
Peninsula, the skies have been full of color. This sunset was on January
30 and is taken from near Homer, Alaska looking SW toward Distant Mount
Douglas /Four-Peaked Volcanos on the left and Mount St. Augustine
Volcano on the right. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax
Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Pre-Groundhog Day Sunset
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Wed Feb 3 22:34:01 2010 UTC
Driving home past the fields of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, we
observed this gorgeous sunset. My daughter took several pictures with my
iPhone, so she gets the copyright. I'm sure there are groundhogs in
those field. The local one supposedly didn't see his shadow on February
2nd, but we had over three inches of snow on February 2-3. Photo taken
5:30pm EST on 1 February, 2010. Copyright (c) 2010 Helen Hutchens,
katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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January Rainbow - 25 January 2010
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Tue Feb 2 04:25:01 2010 UTC
We've had wacky weather. It was 62F yesterday. The rain was moving off
when I glanced out the window. There was this bit of bright rainbow. In
January. It disappeared within a few minutes. The warm weather is
fading, too. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania about 2:45pm EST on 25
January, 2010. Copyright (c) 2010 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
By the way, yes, the forum seems to be broken. I'm not sure what's being
done about it. I've reported it as best I can.
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Whirlpool Galaxy
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Sat Jan 23 18:38:01 2010 UTC
M51 imaged with the Bradford Robotic Telescope 2009
in Tenerife. C14, f=1880mm f/5.3, FLI ML4710-1-UV,
LRGB 4x120sec and 6x120sec. (c) Bradford Robotic Telescope
image by erwin matys, karoline mrazek
e-mail: erwin@matys.at
web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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Orion and ISS - 22 January 2010
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Sat Jan 23 00:06:01 2010 UTC
I grabbed the camera and family to catch a bright (-3.4) flyover of the
International Space Station. I should have noted that it would appear to
go past Orion. Drat; there are clouds. But I caught it anyway with
trees. It was about 6pm EST on Friday, 22 January 2010. This is an
8-second exposure. There are several extra "stars" because my camera has
many bad pixels. Check out Heavens-Above (http://www.heavens-above.com/)
for your opportunity to catch such moments. Copyright (c) 2010 Beth
Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Solstice Sun Rays
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Sat Dec 26 20:44:01 2009 UTC
The December solstice was at 8:47 a.m. Alaska time on the 21st but our
shortest day actually fell on the 22nd. This image is looking south from
near Homer, Alaska around local noon. We almost got to see the sun on
this short day but had to settle for some beautiful crepuscular rays as
it was being a little shy and never fully emerged from the clouds.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Northern Hunting Grounds
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Sun Dec 27 12:06:01 2009 UTC
Nebulosity in Cygnus shot with an EOS 350D mod,
800ASA, 50mm lens f/5.6, LPS-P2, 9x8min,
piggyback on ETX-70 from lower austria, europe,
in july 2009. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek
e-mail: erwin@matys.at
web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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Halo complex combined - 18 December 2009
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Fri Dec 25 22:56:01 2009 UTC
We had a snowstorm coming in and had a spectacular natural halo complex.
This picture is combined from several shots and shows a circumzenithal
arc, supralateral arc (very faintly), upper tangent arc, and colorful
22-degree halo with sundogs on both sides. There was also a bright blue
glow of a 120-degree parhelion off to the right. I have movies capturing
it all. I'm not very good at combining images in GIMP, but this is the
best I'll do for now. From Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Copyright
(c) 2009 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Halo complex - 18 December 2009
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Sat Dec 19 01:36:01 2009 UTC
We have a snowstorm coming in and had a spectacular natural halo complex
this afternoon. This picture was taken with my iPhone and shows a
circumzenithal arc, supralateral arc (very faintly), upper tangent arc,
and colorful 22-degree halo. The halo went around the sun to the
horizon. There were also sun dogs and a bright blue glow at about 60
degrees around the parhelic circle. I have movies to capture it all and
better pictures on my camera. But this was probably the peak of the CZA
colors. From Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Copyright (c) 2009 Beth
Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Lenticular Sunrise
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Wed Dec 9 22:14:01 2009 UTC
Lenticular clouds are seen above the Kenai Mountains on the southern end
of the Kenai Peninsula as viewed from near Homer, Alaska on this
December 6, 2009 morning. These couds are formed by strong winds rising
up over the mountains. Dutch Harbor had reported 100 mile an hour winds
the day before with damage to roofs and other objects but we are glad to
report that the winds never materialized at our location. Copyright (c)
Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Mammatus at Sunrise
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Wed Dec 9 21:50:01 2009 UTC
The sunrise was no less than spectacular on the morning of December 6,
2009. There were many interesting cloud formations catching the early
light of a rising sun. Here we see an example of mammatus in the
southern sky over Homer, Alaska. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night
Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Halloween Rainbow
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Mon Dec 7 12:21:01 2009 UTC
A rainbow with colorful fall foliage on October 31, 2009 in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. Copyright 2009 Beth Katz,
katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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A Little Glory
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Nov 6 23:32:01 2009 UTC
While on a flight from Mazatlan, Mexico to Los Angeles this past March
2009, I looked down to see a small glory on the clouds a few thousand
feet below. A glory looks similar to a solar or lunar halo except that
it is opposite the sun and is caused by reflection and refraction of
sunlight from droplets in the clouds. It is similar to a rainbow that
forms a full circle. The size of the droplets determines the size of a
glory. Large droplets make for smaller glories. If the droplets are of
uniform size, up to four concentric rings might be seen. The shadow of
the 737 jetliner is visible at the center of this glory. Copyright (c)
Dennis C. Anderson Night traxPhotography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit www.auroradude.com
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Another image of the 10-1-09 elliptical halo
Submitted by:
Michael Ellestad at Sun Oct 4 23:21:01 2009 UTC
Heres another pic taken later on and you can see the halo is smaller and there is only one ellipse present and you can also see how close it is to the sun. I would gotten more pics but I was busy helping my mother clean the house due to the upcoming family fall party. I wish I would have gotten to see the display from the very begining because when I first saw the halos it was already in progress.
Copyright Michael Ellestad
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Elliptical halo 1-10-09
Submitted by:
Michael Ellestad at Sun Oct 4 03:33:01 2009 UTC
After having no photoworthy halos since july I got outside to glance at the sky and I spot two elliptical halos around the sun. You can see a large outer ellipse and theres a second smaller one near the sun which is blocked with the telephone pole. These halos are usually whitish but here you can see some spectral coloring.
Copyright Michael Ellestad
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AGAIN...SAME PLACE!!!
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Tue Sep 22 04:02:01 2009 UTC
On Sept 17th 2009 at about 01:23 AM, I was taking pictures of Orion coming
out of the horizon...and again saw something passing by...and this time it
was slow!!! (The first time it was a spy satellite) The exposure time was 1
3 sec. at 8000 ASA
It took more than an hour and 143 pictures of 13 sec for that thing to go h
alf the sky before my memory card had no more space!
Can't be a satellite?...An asteroid?
The weird thing is that the length of the trail got very small when it got
above my head compared to when I started them at the horizon...so an ellipt
ic orbit?...Hmmm!
Enjoy!
©Michel=0ATournay
micheltournay@yahoo.ca or visit: www.aurora-borealis.ca (now open!)
=0A
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International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Sep 13 05:18:02 2009 UTC
The STS-128 Space Shuttle Discovery had departed the ISS and was leading
it by about 4 minutes. The Discovery is to the left and the ISS is the
line to the right. Those are not double stars. When the Discovery
faded in the east I placed the lens cap over the lens to keep from
blowing out the photo with too much light while waiting for the ISS to
come into view in the west. I forgot that the world does not stop and
wait as well, thus two short star trails instead of one longer one.
Nikon D80, ISO 100, 18 m.m., f 4, 5 minutes
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Smokey Sun
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Sep 13 04:56:01 2009 UTC
The sun was low in the Kelowna, British Columbia sky and shining through
very heavy smoke from a nearby wild fire.
Nikon D80, ISO 100, 250 m.m., f 8, 1/500 second
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Smokey Lightning
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Sep 13 04:56:01 2009 UTC
A bolt of lightning glows through fairly heavy smoke from the Terrace
Mountain wild fire near Kelowna.
Nikon D80, ISO 250, 70 m.m., f 5.6, 15 seconds
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Lightning Over Kelowna
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Sep 13 04:56:01 2009 UTC
This is one example of many lightning bolts over Kelowna one evening.
Nikon D80, ISO 400, 70 m.m., f 5.6, 15 seconds
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Lightning Over Kelowna
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Sep 13 04:56:01 2009 UTC
This lightning couldn't seem to find a place to land. Taken from
Kelowna, British Columbia.
Nikon D80, ISO 400, 70m.m., f5.6, 15 seconds
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Milky Way Through Northern Triangle
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Sep 13 04:56:01 2009 UTC
The Milky Way is glowing nicely through the Northern Triangle. This
photo was taken on a homemade "barn door tracker" to prevent stars from
trailing. Photographed from the Okanagan Observatory site on Big White
Road near Kelowna.
Nikon D80, ISO 400, 18m.m., f3.5, 3 minutes
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Jupiter and Milky Way Through Satittarius
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Sep 13 04:56:01 2009 UTC
Jupiter is just above Sagittarius. A nice dark evening from the
Okanagan Observatory site on Big White Road near Kelowna allowed a
wonderful view of the Milky Way.
Nikon D80, ISO 400, 18m.m., f3.5, 3 minutes
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Jupiter and Milky Way Through Sagittarius
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Sep 13 04:33:01 2009 UTC
Jupiter is just above Sagittarius. A nice dark evening from the
Okanagan Observatory site on Big White Road near Kelowna allowed a
wonderful view of the Milky Way.
Nikon D80, ISO 400, 18m.m., f3.5, 4 minutes
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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The Color of Chaos
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Sun Dec 27 12:32:01 2009 UTC
Scutum Star Cloud shot with an EOS 350D mod,
800ASA, 50mm lens f/5.6, LPS-P2, 9x8min,
piggyback on ETX-70 from lower austria, europe,
in july 2009. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek
e-mail: erwin@matys.at
web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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"Aurora Dawn"
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Tue Sep 1 20:24:01 2009 UTC
Solar cycle 23 began in June of 1996 and was already well under way when
I took this image 11 years ago on August 26, 1998 from Alaska's Kenai
Peninsula. We were already having large sunspots accompanied by major
flares and it only got better and better. It would be nice for the
current cycle 24 to be in a similar part of its cycle but the slowest
solar minimum in 100 years continues as of this writing. It seems that
there is plenty of time lately to reflect on past auroras and dig
through the acrhives for these gems. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson
Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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NLCs above Redoubt Volcano
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Aug 7 18:31:01 2009 UTC
This is one of the last images before our early dawn completely erased
the night-shining clouds. It is looking NNW towards Redoubt Volcano
which is seen smoking in the distance at lower left center. This image
was taken at 4:40 a.m. ADT from near Homer, Alaska on August 7, 2009.
Copyright(c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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