> On Jun 23, 2015, at 08:21 , Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Got a Red Alert from the UK early yesterday afternoon, meaning auroras > were active. Problem for me was, the auroras would need still need to > be active when it got dark, and preferably near midnight to 1 AM when > the central bulge would be pointing at me (opposite the sun). The > aurora forecast looked promising though and so I kept a close eye on > it. When Facebookers started reporting aurora as far south as > Pennsylvannia and northern Iowa around 10:30 PM I headed out. It was > good (for Nebraska) and then at 12:15 AM it briefly got GREAT. Could > not believe it when it exceeded the FOV of my 30mm. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18887926418/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/19075589155/ >
Beautiful, Darren! I'm just kicking myself for going to bed at 12:10. Even with the haze from downtown Minneapolis directly to my North, I'll wager I'd have seen SOMETHING. Darnit! I definitely prefer the horizontal shot to the vertical one. More for the eye to take in.. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
