| |
Lunar eclipse December 10, 2011
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Sat Dec 10 23:11:01 2011 UTC
The moon was just beginning to exit the darkest part of the Earth's
shadow as viewed from near Homer, Alaska around 6:00 a.m. Local time.
Very thin clouds were beginning to move in and scattered the light of
the brightest portion. The reddish glow of light refracted through
Earth's atmosphere is still plainly visible. This was a pretty bright
eclipse with the moon glowing a bright reddish orange for about 50
minutes during totality. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
|
| |
Multiple but brief arcs - 9 December 2011
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Sat Dec 10 03:32:01 2011 UTC
Top to bottom: circumzenithal arc, 46 degree halo, upper tangent arc,
faint 22 degree halo. There was also a brilliant sun dog on the right
and part of the 46 degree halo on the left. The 46 degree halo
definitely was not touching the circumzenithal arc above it, so that
rules out the supralateral arc. These clouds were very fleeting, and I
didn't have time to run into the house and grab my better camera. So
these are from my iPhone 3GS. From Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
around 3:20pm on 9 December 2011. Sun about 11.5 degree altitude.
Copyright (c) 2011 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
|
| |
Northern Lights over Toronto, Ontario
Submitted by:
David T Chapman at Wed Oct 26 20:51:01 2011 UTC
On October 24, 2011 the northern lights erupted across most of North
America. Over half the U.S. and all of Canada that had clear skies saw
them. I have had a goal for over 10 years now to photograph the northern
lights over top the city of Toronto, Ontario. Thankfully, this night
delivered nicely. A lot of people don't know that they can be seen this far
south. It is surprising because they can be seen as far south into Texas,
Florida and California so why not Toronto. It is rare but not impossible as
this night proved. My website is www.naturebirdsandweather.com. My twitter
is @Northof44Pics you can be a fan on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/David-T-Chapman/173134962767601
|
| |
Curtains of Red
Submitted by:
David T Chapman at Mon Oct 10 10:59:01 2011 UTC
I am looking forward to the new solar cycle. The last one created northern
lights like the ones in this photograph here. I was in the Owen Sound,
Ontario, Canada area on October 30th looking southeast over Toronto when I
took this photograph. I have only seen them that direction 3 times in my 10
years of photographing the Northern Lights. The northern lights were so
intense this night, that I was able to photograph them using 100iso film
speed on a 20 second exposure. I typically photograph northern lights on
400iso. I know www.spacew.com has really helped me monitor the northern
lights, kept me from staying up all night by being able to read their data.
Thank you! My website is www.naturebirdsandweather.com. My twitter is
@Northof44Pics you can be a fan on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/David-T-Chapman/173134962767601
|
| |
Alaskan Nights
Submitted by:
Sue Evans at Wed Sep 28 14:44:01 2011 UTC
Auroral display at Chena Hot Springs, Alaska taken 12 March 2010
1130pm AKST. Canon EOS. Outside temp: -12F. Kp Index of 2.
|
| |
Aurora from Whitstable, UK 26th Sept 2011
Submitted by:
John Kemp at Tue Sep 27 12:48:01 2011 UTC
First for 8 years here! Because of the location of the magnetic pole,
auroras are much rarer here at 51deg N than from a similar latitude in
Canada. I caught the tail end of the display.
My best pic was this, the first, at 21.29 UT looking North over the
beach huts towards the lights of the offshore wind farm and the Essex
coast. I was observing till about 1.30 UT.
The green colour was clearly visible to the naked eye, but the red, only
just. The aurora flared up - if that's the word for such a faint display
- about midnight with an overall very faint red cast to the sky colour.
The image has had minimal processing - just the RGB rhs
slider moved left, contrast tweaked +15, and a few duff pixels removed
with the healing brush in PSE-8. It is quite wrong to do any
differential processing in this kind of photography - certainly not
mucking about with colour balance - so I didn't. What is intriguing is
that the sea has a red tinge, showing that the whole - or large areas -
of the sky had a faint red tinge. KonicaMinolta Dynax (Fxxum) 5D
with a 28mm f/2.8 prime lens. Full aperture, 30 sec., 800 ISO tripod. KM
cameras have a higher quality internal IR filter than many other makes
(which lose too much of the deep red), which helps with astrophotography
- both auroras and H-alpha. I can be contacted at
john.e.g.kempATbtopenworld.kom (correct this spelling!) and will give
permission for any reasonable non-commercial use of this image. John Kemp
|
| |
Aurora, saint tite, Quebec
Submitted by:
Perez Patrick (LCA) at Mon Sep 12 15:32:01 2011 UTC
Aurora seen between 1h00 and 2h00 (Montreal time), Saturday 10/09/2011
It was not intense due to full moon but really nice to see. Nice arc, 25 to
35 degrees high.
Copyright (c) Patrick Perez
Contact patrickperez2003@gmail.compatrickperez2003@gmail.com>
|
| |
Corona on 31 August 2011
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Fri Sep 2 19:30:01 2011 UTC
I really saw the colors shown here. They were brilliant yet fleeting. It
was hard to find something to block the sun. From Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania around 2:30pm on 31 August 2011. Copyright (c) 2011 Beth
Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
|
| |
Rainbow Wheel Spokes over Conifer, Colorado
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Fri Sep 2 04:11:01 2011 UTC
My picture of a partial rainbow wheel made the Earth Sciences Picture of
the Day on 7 August 2011. I thought it would be good to include it here
in my gallery. I was visiting my Mom near Conifer, Colorado. I had never
caught anti-crepuscular rays in a photo but finally got them in a
rainbow. Photo taken about 7:45pm 10 July 2011. EPOD link:
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2011/08/rainbow-wheel-segment-over-conifer-color
ado.html Copyright (c) 2011 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
|
| |
Noctilucent Panorama July 28, 2011
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 28 18:29:01 2011 UTC
Noctilucent clouds or NLCs were visible over Alaska's Kenai Peninsula on
this entire short summer night. At this time of the year, the geometry
of the sun is perfect for illuminating ice crystals high in the
atmosphere to create these electric-blue glowing clouds. I stitched
togeather four separate images to create this panorama of the northern
sky as seen from our home near Homer, Alaska around 3:30 a.m. The clouds
were visible well past 4:00 a.m. when the increasing twilight finally
obscured the display towards sunrise. Copyright (c) Dennis C.Anderson
Night Trax Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
|
| |
Noctilucent clouds July 28, 2011
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 28 11:10:01 2011 UTC
NLCs light up the north with a mysterious blue glow as seen from near
Homer, Alaska around 2:15 local time.
|
| |
Noctilucent Clouds July 27, 2011
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 28 11:10:01 2011 UTC
NLCs light up the northern sky from near Homer, Alaska July 27, 2011
|
| |
Noctilucent clouds July 27, 2011
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 28 10:48:01 2011 UTC
NLCs near Homer, Alaska July 27, 2011 Detail of bright area.
|
| |
Noctilucent clouds July 27, 2011
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 28 10:11:01 2011 UTC
NLCs visible from near Homer Alaska July 27,2011 around 1:20 a.m. local
time.
|
| |
4-5 June 2011
Submitted by:
Dominic Cantin at Sun Jun 26 03:48:02 2011 UTC
When I saw good graphics , I went outside to see if there was activity and I
saw nothing due to light polution but I took a picture to be sure and my
photograph reveal a green arc. Then I decided to go on a dark site to
apreciate the show ... it was a smooth show with different greens and rays
sometimes ! It's nice to see that the northern lights are back 8)
C Dominic Cantin
For more images http://www.pbase.com/dominiccantin
|
| |
LUNAR ECLIPSE
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Thu Jun 16 07:59:01 2011 UTC
A shot of the lunar eclipse as seen from New Zealand around totality. Just
before the moon was drowned out by the sunlight as the sun rose, the moon a
beautiful shade of red.
|
| |
image of volcanic ash
Submitted by:
tony at Mon Jun 13 07:23:01 2011 UTC
An image of the Chilean volcanic ash cloud as seen from Oamaru New Zealand.
A very clear night and the sunlight just adding a rosy colour to the ash
cloud.
|
| |
Los Roques
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Wed Jun 8 19:02:01 2011 UTC
Sirius setting behind the rocks of Los Roques shot 2011-05-22 during dusk with a Lumix FS10 digital camera from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
|
| |
Goodbye, Endeavour - 2011 May 30
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Mon May 30 12:24:01 2011 UTC
Shuttle Endeavour separated from the International Space Station about 5
hours before this photo taken 30 May 2011 at about 4:50am from
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Endeavour will retire at the end of this
mission. 8 second exposure, ISO 400. Copyright (c) 2011 Beth Katz,
katz@cs.millersville.edu.
|
| |
Stormy Weather
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Sun May 15 09:46:01 2011 UTC
Saturn with its moon Titan shot 2011-05-10 around 20:30 UT with a 110/440mm rich-field Newtonian working at f/27 and a ToUCam Pro webcam in eyepiece projection from Vienna, Austria, Europe. Mark the disturbed area on Saturn's northern hemisphere showing as bright spots. (c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek e-mail: erwin@matys.at web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
|
| |
Easter Sunday Rainbow 2011
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Mon Apr 25 02:59:01 2011 UTC
The thunderstorms just clipped us at dinnertime on Easter Sunday, April
24, 2011. Light rain plus bright sunshine from a low enough sun equals
this rainbow over my house in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I quickly
stitched together two images; you can see the seam and slightly
different exposure levels. Dogwood trees just starting to bloom.
Copyright (c) 2011 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
|
| |
Moonrise with green rim
Submitted by:
Lori at Tue Mar 22 17:27:01 2011 UTC
Narrow green rim can be seen around top section of this rising Moon on
March 19th 2011 at 8:00p.m. local time.
Pentax K20D with 300mm lens, f:5.6 1/250sec. ISO800 exposure.
Copyright (c) 2011, Lori C, King City Ontario/Canada N44 - W079
|
| |
Jupiter, Moon March 6, 2011
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Wed Mar 9 13:04:01 2011 UTC
Our crescent moon and bright planet Jupiter make a nice pairing in the
colorful western sky as viewed from near Homer, Alaska.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or
visit www.auroradude.com
|
| |
Alaskan Aurora
Submitted by:
Louis at Wed Mar 2 06:57:01 2011 UTC
>From March 1st, in the wee hours (5am). After being out for a few hours and then
finally falling asleep I woke up for some reason. I looked out the window and
saw a pretty bright Aurora, maybe it was what woke me :). Anyway, pulled on some
gear, grabbed the camera and stepped outside. Here is the sight that was before
me. The Aurora was much more overhead and even South than I have seen it in a
long, long time. Very nice.
|
| |
Finally in Alaska, nice Aurora
Submitted by:
Louis at Wed Mar 2 02:12:01 2011 UTC
Finally some good activity in Alaska. Seems like lately it's either cloudy or
the activity drops off once darkness arrives here. I was envious of Norway!
|
| |
Twisted ribbon contrail
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Thu Feb 24 02:15:01 2011 UTC
It had been very windy, and this contrail was twisted like a ribbon.
Note the contrail shadows. Photo taken about 8:23 am EST on 20 February,
2011 from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Copyright (c) 2011 Beth Katz,
katz@cs.millersville.edu.
|
| |
Halo with Sundog
Submitted by:
Lori at Thu Jan 27 20:41:01 2011 UTC
Full Sun-Halo with Sundog on January 08 2011, taken at 2:30 p.m.
Pentax K20D 28mm, ISO 100, f4.5 - 1/320sec with exposure comp.-0.7
Copyright (c) 2011 Lori C, King City ON/Canada
N44 - W079
|
| |
Sun Pillars
Submitted by:
Lori at Wed Jan 26 02:42:02 2011 UTC
This cold weather lately produced some tall and striking Sun Pillars.
Some even had colourful Sundogs.
Nikon CoolpixP50 on auto setting
Copyright(c)2011 Lori C, King City ON/Canada N44 - W079
|
|
