Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-14 Thread John Sessoms
I was up in Great Smokey Mountains National Park for a long weekend, but there was fairly heavy overcast. Lots of people up at Newfound Gap on Saturday night showed me their great cell phone photos & videos they'd taken on Friday night ... when I was asleep in Pigeon Forge. But I don't think

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
that!! There's been a photo in the local paper with bright aurora right above and behind the Cologne cathedral. And if ever there's a place with extreme light pollution, then it's here. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Stanley Halpin
I had beautiful clear skies. Went out about 10:00pm, quick iPhone snap to verify that the green glow was not my imagination. Set up tripod, did a series of long and long]ger exposures… Zip. Nada. Well, in one frame I can see the edge of the light show down low on the horizon, mostly covered by

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Rick Womer
Philly is a bit far south, and it was cloudy and wet (and still is). Rick On Sun, May 12, 2024 at 4:32 PM Steve Cottrell wrote: > Zillions of pics on Twitter, and of course I was in the land of Nod when > it all happened :-) > > Saturday night I was driving home from some work at a football

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
Zillions of pics on Twitter, and of course I was in the land of Nod when it all happened :-) Saturday night I was driving home from some work at a football match, and too zonked to stop and stare at the sky. What annoys me is that there’s loads of photos by people who say ‘ooh yeah you have

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Comcast
I was sleeping, but many of my Metro Detroit friends got good cell phone pics on Friday night. Paul > On May 12, 2024, at 2:37 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > In some ways I'm ideally situated now: Good northerly location > (Scotland) and far away from any significant light pollution. AND

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-12 Thread Mark Roberts
In some ways I'm ideally situated now: Good northerly location (Scotland) and far away from any significant light pollution. AND the weather has been pretty clear - unusual for Scotland. But we've been doing long hikes during the day and I've been too exhausted to stay up until it's dark enough to

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-11 Thread David Mann
I took a few with my phone from my front gate last night, just as a record. What amazed me is that they were visible at this latitude, from in the city with all its light pollution. I have vague plans to keep an eye out tonight, not sure if I want to go to the effort of getting any proper

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-11 Thread Stan Halpin
Cloudy here last night, looks more promising tonight… Sent from my iPad > On May 11, 2024, at 8:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I’m afraid that even if they’re visible this far south, I can’t get to > anyplace dark enough > -- > Larry Colen > l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est > > > > --

Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-11 Thread Larry Colen
I’m afraid that even if they’re visible this far south, I can’t get to anyplace dark enough -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-23 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Steve, That's an amazing image! Ann, the Dippers are probably the only stars combinations I can find reliably without using any tools or references. ;-) However, as I [re-]learned recently, the Big Dipper is not a constellation, but an asterism, and is a part of the constellation Ursa Major

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-19 Thread Jostein Øksne
-Opprinnelig melding- From: Steve Sharpe Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:47 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: last month's aurora Finally got my one decent photo posted. http://earth.delith.com/aurora_09_2014.htm I can't even remember the date of the aurora, now. -- The Office

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
melding- From: Steve Sharpe Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:47 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: last month's aurora Finally got my one decent photo posted. http://earth.delith.com/aurora_09_2014.htm I can't even remember the date of the aurora, now. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-19 Thread Bruce Walker
Those colours are striking. Nice work, Steve. On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: Finally got my one decent photo posted. http://earth.delith.com/aurora_09_2014.htm I can't even remember the date of the aurora, now. -- The Office Gallery - Scenic

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent work, Steve. On Oct 19, 2014, at 12:15 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Decent, indeed... Like the Dipper in there -- and isn't it in Jostein's aurora photo too? ann On 10/18/2014 19:47, Steve Sharpe wrote: Finally got my one decent photo posted. http

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-19 Thread Christine Aguila
Wonderful! Like it very much, Steve! Cheers, Christine On Oct 18, 2014, at 6:47 PM, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: Finally got my one decent photo posted. http://earth.delith.com/aurora_09_2014.htm I can't even remember the date of the aurora, now. -- The Office Gallery

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-19 Thread Alan C
What the others said. Maybe one day I'll get a chance to see it. Alan C -Original Message- From: Steve Sharpe Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:47 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: last month's aurora Finally got my one decent photo posted. http://earth.delith.com

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Quite spectacular! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: Finally got my one decent photo posted. http://earth.delith.com/aurora_09_2014.htm I can't even remember the date of the aurora, now

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-18 Thread Jack Davis
Well caught, Steve. Visible stars add. Jack - Original Message - From: Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:47:35 PM Subject: PESO: last month's aurora Finally got my one decent photo posted. http://earth.delith.com/aurora_09_2014.htm

Re: PESO: last month's aurora

2014-10-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Decent, indeed... Like the Dipper in there -- and isn't it in Jostein's aurora photo too? ann On 10/18/2014 19:47, Steve Sharpe wrote: Finally got my one decent photo posted. http://earth.delith.com/aurora_09_2014.htm I can't even remember the date of the aurora, now. -- PDML Pentax

Re: PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-14 Thread Jostein Øksne
the night sky. You must have good batteries. B On 13 Oct 2014, at 06:04, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Since doing selfies is all the rage these days, I posed with Aurora the other night. https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/15219707752/in/photostream/lightbox/ :-) Jostein

Re: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-14 Thread Alan C
Very clever! The night sky is amazingly clear. Iv'e never seen the Aurora but have seen Ursa Major low down on the horizon. Alan C -Original Message- From: Jostein Øksne Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 6:18 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Selfie with Aurora Since

Re: PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-14 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Jostein Oksne Tue, 14 Oct 2014 05:55:57 -0700 Thanks for looking/commenting, everyone. Since the crop was already harvested from the field, I did my best to resemble a... uhhh... uni-corn... Was it a corn field? Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very impressive. That torch is very effective at lighting up the night sky. You must have good batteries. B On 13 Oct 2014, at 06:04, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Since doing selfies is all the rage these days, I posed with Aurora the other night. https://www.flickr.com

Re: PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-13 Thread Darren Addy
Very cool shot. Of course you could put a hamster in front of a nice aurora shot and I'd love it. :) -D On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 3:04 AM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Very impressive. That torch is very effective at lighting up the night sky. You must have good batteries. B On 13

PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
Since doing selfies is all the rage these days, I posed with Aurora the other night. https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/15219707752/in/photostream/lightbox/ :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
And you got the big dipper to pose too! Love it ann On 10/12/2014 12:18, Jostein Øksne wrote: Since doing selfies is all the rage these days, I posed with Aurora the other night. https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/15219707752/in/photostream/lightbox/ :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax

Re: PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-12 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Jostein, You are also emanating light, aren't you? Cool! Igor On 10/12/2014 12:18, Jostein .ksne wrote: Since doing selfies is all the rage these days, I posed with Aurora the other night. https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/15219707752/in/photostream/lightbox/ :-) Jostein -- PDML

Re: PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-12 Thread Jack Davis
Imposing shot, Jostein! I'm now going to kid you. Are you using a flash to light up the event? Jack - Original Message - From: Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 9:18:24 AM Subject: PESO: Selfie with Aurora Since doing selfies is all

Re: PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-12 Thread Christine Aguila
AM, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Since doing selfies is all the rage these days, I posed with Aurora the other night. https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/15219707752/in/photostream/lightbox/ :-) Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: PESO: Selfie with Aurora

2014-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
Jostein Øksne wrote: Since doing selfies is all the rage these days, I posed with Aurora the other night. https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/15219707752/in/photostream/lightbox/ Fun shot. I envy you the auroras, but you probably envy me our 27C sunny weather today. :-) Jostein

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-14 Thread John
punch to the magnetosphere (possibly overnight). I'm leaving shortly to head 100 miles west or so where I have probably clear skies tonight. For all your aurora needs: http://www.solarham.net/ Specifically: current conditions http://www.solarham.net/oval.htm and forecast: http://www.solarham.net

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-13 Thread Christine Aguila
you see. The 2nd CME was ejected from the sun faster than the first and is expected to deliver a rare potent ONE-TWO punch to the magnetosphere (possibly overnight). I'm leaving shortly to head 100 miles west or so where I have probably clear skies tonight. For all your aurora needs: http

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-13 Thread Darren Addy
When I got to my dark site I could see a bit of a pink aurora glow on the horizon, but nothing photogenic. This was about 9:30 pm local time. It appears that the storm ended (as far as chances for me in Nebraska) shortly after that. I was thinking that this was only the first incoming CME and so

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-13 Thread Christine Aguila
aurora needs: http://www.solarham.net/ Specifically: current conditions http://www.solarham.net/oval.htm and forecast: http://www.solarham.net/planetk.htm (The forecast 3 hrs from now looks superb). Hoping for something like this earlier effort from south-central Nebraska (near the 40th latitude

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-13 Thread Christine Aguila
Bad luck to be sure, Darren. I too had a similar experience, though I did get word from from the ladies ham radio group I belong to that a 3rd CME was coming my way. Turns out it was just a Cormorant Migrating East. It had a slight gray aurora glow, but nothing photogenic for me to catch

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-13 Thread Darren Addy
I belong to that a 3rd CME was coming my way. Turns out it was just a Cormorant Migrating East. It had a slight gray aurora glow, but nothing photogenic for me to catch! :-) Cheers, Christine On Sep 13, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: When I got to my dark

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-13 Thread Christine Aguila
a slight gray aurora glow, but nothing photogenic for me to catch! :-) Cheers, Christine On Sep 13, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: When I got to my dark site I could see a bit of a pink aurora glow on the horizon, but nothing photogenic. This was about 9:30 pm

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-13 Thread Darren Addy
, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Bad luck to be sure, Darren. I too had a similar experience, though I did get word from from the ladies ham radio group I belong to that a 3rd CME was coming my way. Turns out it was just a Cormorant Migrating East. It had a slight gray aurora

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-13 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 10:01 AM -0500 9/13/14, Darren Addy wrote: When I got to my dark site I could see a bit of a pink aurora glow on the horizon, but nothing photogenic. This was about 9:30 pm local time. It appears that the storm ended (as far as chances for me in Nebraska) shortly after that. I was thinking

Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-12 Thread Darren Addy
. For all your aurora needs: http://www.solarham.net/ Specifically: current conditions http://www.solarham.net/oval.htm and forecast: http://www.solarham.net/planetk.htm (The forecast 3 hrs from now looks superb). Hoping for something like this earlier effort from south-central Nebraska (near the 40th

Re: Aurora Borealis possible tonight: It is already ON

2014-09-12 Thread Steve Sharpe
There is or was an aurora on, as seen from Nova Scotia. I went out just before 9pm and noticed a diffuse glow along the northern horizon. It stayed that way for awhile but when it started to brighten and show some structure I went back to the house and got the K-3 with my trusty old Tamron

Aurora tonight?

2013-10-24 Thread Darren Addy
We had a nice solar near-X-Flare last evening that is sending us an earth-directed CME. After that hits we should have a good geomagnetic storm with chances for aurora visible photographically pretty far south. We look to be getting a 1-2 punch: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/ The show could

Re: Aurora tonight?

2013-10-24 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 24, 2013, at 08:25 , Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: We had a nice solar near-X-Flare last evening that is sending us an earth-directed CME. After that hits we should have a good geomagnetic storm with chances for aurora visible photographically pretty far south. We look

Re: Aurora tonight?

2013-10-24 Thread steve harley
on 2013-10-24 7:25 Darren Addy wrote We look to be getting a 1-2 punch: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/ i'll keep an eye out; we can rarely see much here in Denver, but i did view a very dramatic meteor last night — brilliant white with a very long tail, slowly arcing east from slightly

Re: Aurora NOW

2013-06-03 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Jun 01, 2013, Darren Addy wrote: A nice geomagnetic storm is ongoing at this moment, across North America. Here is what I saw from south-central Nebraska, about an hour ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8909554848/ Nice! This is even better IMO:

Aurora NOW

2013-06-01 Thread Darren Addy
A nice geomagnetic storm is ongoing at this moment, across North America. Here is what I saw from south-central Nebraska, about an hour ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8909554848/ Best if you can get north away from city lights, or are in a rural location.

Re: Aurora NOW

2013-06-01 Thread Jack Davis
Very well done, Darren. Jack - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 11:18 PM Subject: Aurora NOW A nice geomagnetic storm is ongoing at this moment, across North America. Here is what I saw

Re: Aurora NOW

2013-06-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: A nice geomagnetic storm is ongoing at this moment, across North America. Here is what I saw from south-central

Re: Aurora NOW

2013-06-01 Thread Darren Addy
I was only out for an hour, but Nebraska photographer Mike Hollingshead was out all night and got incredible imagery, including a sprite (photos of which are exceedingly rare). http://www.extremeinstability.com According to him, the display went from twilight to twilight and was not phased even

Re: Aurora NOW

2013-06-01 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nice shot of yours, and a wow wow on HOllingshead - I gather the sprite is that little purplish-pinkish guy dancing in the sky.. How great to see that stuff live it must be ann On 6/1/2013 09:31, Darren Addy wrote: I was only out for an hour, but Nebraska photographer Mike Hollingshead was

Re: Aurora NOW

2013-06-01 Thread Darren Addy
and important clue, however. Beyond being a cool image, I wonder if this is a great clue to further understanding sprites - Given that the APOD image he refers to also was with aurora, I wonder if this is truly a lightning sprite or rather some previously unseen/unexplained phenomena associated

Re: Aurora NOW

2013-06-01 Thread David Mann
On Jun 2, 2013, at 2:04 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Given that the APOD image he refers to also was with aurora, I wonder if this is truly a lightning sprite or rather some previously unseen/unexplained phenomena associated with the geomagnetic storm itself [...] I haven't

Aurora photo

2012-10-09 Thread David Mann
This has to be one of the most interesting aurora photos I've seen. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79373 Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-27 Thread Brian Walters
On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:11 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Probably needed to have stepped outside 10 minutes earlier. Maybe so, but it's a stunning image regardless. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Well seen and very nicely rendered. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Probably needed to have stepped outside 10 minutes earlier. Tom C. -- PDML

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-26 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Gorgeous! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-25 Thread Tom C
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Probably needed to have stepped outside 10 minutes earlier. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-25 Thread Jack Davis
- Boise Aurora http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Probably needed to have stepped outside 10 minutes earlier. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-25 Thread Darren Addy
are characteristics of the aurora themselves. I captured something similar one time from Nebraska (around midnight, far too late for sunsets rays, even if sunset's rays came out of the northern horizon). The eye doesn't normally detect much color (at least this far south) but the day I saw this, it appeared

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-25 Thread Tom C
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Tom C. Thanks Jack and Darren. Tom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-25 Thread Stan Halpin
Very very nice! On Oct 25, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Tom C wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Probably needed to have stepped outside 10 minutes earlier. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Hey not bad at all... Lucky you to see it! No chance for us city swellers. ann On 10/25/2011 13:11, Tom C wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Probably needed to have stepped outside 10 minutes earlier. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-25 Thread Tom C
Thanks Stan Ann. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - Boise Aurora

2011-10-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Beautiful colors! Wow. Cheers, Christine On Oct 25, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Tom C wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14474813 Probably needed to have stepped outside 10 minutes earlier. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-08 Thread Boris Liberman
On 8/6/2011 21:08, Tom C wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946935 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946857 On a side note, after reading and rereading the K5 reviews, and seeing examples here and elsewhere I'm pretty much convinced it's the best out there for my shooting

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-08 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours peak... so the world turns. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946935

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-07 Thread David Mann
never seen an aurora :( It seems that photo.net are now doing interstitial ads. Another nail in the coffin IMHO. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Very nice, Tom. I've never seen an Aurora either--only through pictures. You'll love the K-5--make your future soon :-). Cheers, Christine On Aug 6, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Tom C wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Lucky you! Would love to ahve seen that.. I have a slight preference for the Violet skies - I like purple - but both lovely ann On 8/6/2011 14:08, Tom C wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours peak... so the world

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful! On Aug 7, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Lucky you! Would love to ahve seen that.. I have a slight preference for the Violet skies - I like purple - but both lovely ann On 8/6/2011 14:08, Tom C wrote: A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24

PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread Tom C
A major geomagnetic swarm swept past the planet in the last 24 hours. In my location we were several hours peak... so the world turns. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946935 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13946857 On a side note, after reading and rereading the K5 reviews,

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread Steve Sharpe
reading and rereading the K5 reviews, and seeing examples here and elsewhere I'm pretty much convinced it's the best out there for my shooting preferences. I see one in my future. Nice shots. The aurora was mostly a green glow along the northern horizon from my location in Nova Scotia

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread Jack Davis
Well done, Tom! You'll have ISO 80 available with the K-5. Noted by someone recently as a benefit to the astro photog. Jack --- On Sat, 8/6/11, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread William Robb
On 06/08/2011 2:35 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Well done, Tom! You'll have ISO 80 available with the K-5. Noted by someone recently as a benefit to the astro photog. I think that and the astrotracer function of the GPS will be very useful for this kind of stuff. -- William Robb -- PDML

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread Darren Addy
Super! What a treat. I've gotten to photograph aurora from as far south as South Central Nebraska a couple of times, but don't think I would have had much of a chance this far south last night, even if I had known about it. The lasts time it was shafts of light very much like these (of course

X-Flare! Aurora tonight?

2011-02-15 Thread Darren Addy
At 02 UTC the sun belched an X-Flare in the earth's face. This is a magnitude bigger than the M-Class flare that caused northern latitude aurora earlier tonight. X-class flares are big and are major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms. X-class

Re: X-Flare! Aurora tonight?

2011-02-15 Thread AlunFoto
. This is a magnitude bigger than the M-Class flare that caused northern latitude aurora earlier tonight. X-class flares are big and are major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms.  X-class flares are big and are major events that can trigger planet

Re: X-Flare! Aurora tonight?

2011-02-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
an X-Flare in the earth's face. This is a magnitude bigger than the M-Class flare that caused northern latitude aurora earlier tonight. X-class flares are big and are major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms. X-class flares are big and are major

Re: X-Flare! Aurora tonight?

2011-02-15 Thread John Sessoms
is uncooperative here. Good luck. Jostein 2011/2/15 DarrenAddy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: At 02 UTC the sun belched an X-Flare in the earth's face. This is a magnitude bigger than the M-Class flare that caused northern latitude aurora earlier tonight. X-class flares are big and are major events

[freebie] Aurora from Lightcrafts

2009-07-15 Thread Bruce Walker
[from their announcement on twitter ...] 21.5 hours remaining to download Aurora (for Mac or PC) free! Enter FREE24 at checkout. www.lightcrafts.com It looks like a fairly decent alternative to Apple's iPhoto. Perhaps even a LightZone Lite. I'm going to give it a try anyway. -bmw

Re: [freebie] Aurora from Lightcrafts

2009-07-15 Thread Bruce Walker
Bruce Walker wrote: [from their announcement on twitter ...] 21.5 hours remaining to download Aurora (for Mac or PC) free! Enter FREE24 at checkout. www.lightcrafts.com It looks like a fairly decent alternative to Apple's iPhoto. Perhaps even a LightZone Lite. I'm going to give it a try

Re: [freebie] Aurora from Lightcrafts

2009-07-15 Thread P. J. Alling
Is this really free, of just the 7 day free trial. If it is I still feel uncomfortable giving anyone my credit card information for a Free product. Bruce Walker wrote: [from their announcement on twitter ...] 21.5 hours remaining to download Aurora (for Mac or PC) free! Enter FREE24

Re: [freebie] Aurora from Lightcrafts

2009-07-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
: Is this really free, of just the 7 day free trial. If it is I still feel uncomfortable giving anyone my credit card information for a Free product. Bruce Walker wrote: [from their announcement on twitter ...] 21.5 hours remaining to download Aurora (for Mac or PC) free! Enter FREE24 at checkout

Aurora

2006-12-06 Thread Tom C
You guys in Northern Europe (and maybe us in North America) may have a better than normal chance at seeing aurorae tonight. http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html G1 is a minor geomagbnetic storm, but considering they are visible w/o a storm at all... Tom C. --

Re: Aurora

2006-12-06 Thread DagT
Den 6. des. 2006 kl. 18.21 skrev Tom C: You guys in Northern Europe (and maybe us in North America) may have a better than normal chance at seeing aurorae tonight. http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html G1 is a minor geomagbnetic storm, but considering they

Aurora Watch

2006-08-17 Thread Tom C
From: SpaceWeather.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SpaceWeather.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Aurora Watch Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:26:53 -0500 Space Weather News for August 17, 2006 http://spaceweather.com AURORA WATCH: An explosion on the sun yesterday (Aug. 16) hurled a coronal mass ejection

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-15 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: On 14/4/06, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: Accoring to NASA, we in the middle UK will be hit with between 0 and 0.1 ergs I already had bacon and ergs this morning. The NASA range goes up to 10, which I think is rather overerging it.

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Erg = amount of energy expended by a Fly doing a push-up on a wall. Bob S. On 4/15/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty wrote: On 14/4/06, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: Accoring to NASA, we in the middle UK will be hit with between 0 and 0.1 ergs I already had

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-15 Thread Don Williams
From Toivakka, closer to the Arctic Circle than most of our members, except some Canadians perhaps, I haven't seen any lights, despite spending some time outside last night. What a lousy sentence. I apologize. Don Bob Sullivan wrote: Erg = amount of energy expended by a Fly doing a push-up

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-15 Thread Tom C
-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Aurora Watch Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:51:05 +0300 From Toivakka, closer to the Arctic Circle than most of our members, except some Canadians perhaps, I haven't seen any lights, despite spending some time outside last night. What a lousy sentence. I apologize. Don

Aurora Watch

2006-04-14 Thread Tom C
For those of you in northern Europe with clear skies, you may get a chance for auroras this evening... Space Weather Now: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html and http://www.spaceweather.com/ On average 16mm - 50mm lens f/1.4 - 3.5 ISO 400 15-25 secs Tom C.

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-14 Thread mike wilson
Tom C wrote: For those of you in northern Europe with clear skies, you may get a chance for auroras this evening... Space Weather Now: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html and http://www.spaceweather.com/ On average 16mm - 50mm lens f/1.4 - 3.5 ISO 400 15-25 secs Tom C. Thanks for

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-14 Thread Tom C
No idea.. I find aurora predictions to be a little like lightning strikes. Sometimes it strikes, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it incinerates a person, sometimes they just walk away. Electromagnetism is very fickle. :-) Tom C. From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-14 Thread Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail)
My Aurora predictions are always accurate. I live in southern France, and each and everytime I fly north, it's either daytime (understand june!) or just a one day trip for business... So no aurorae for me, period. Next time is planned for the Solstice, near the polar circle. At least I can

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Hamilton
http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=100 Last week, in northern Alberta, Canada. Michael Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelhamilton.ca On 14-Apr-06, at 3:21 PM, Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail) wrote: My Aurora predictions are always accurate. I live in southern France, and each

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-14 Thread Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail)
Woow! However, too bad you were right under it. I've never seen one in the flesh (so to say), and I've always wondered how bright it can be. Any technical details (aperture/exposure time...) for me to get an idea? Patrice Michael Hamilton a écrit : http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=100

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-14 Thread Michael Hamilton
On 14-Apr-06, at 3:40 PM, Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail) wrote: Woow! Thanks! I see them semi-frequently (depending on the season, it can be as often as a couple of times a week), but I always get excited! However, too bad you were right under it. I'm not sure what you mean. I've never

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-14 Thread Cotty
On 14/4/06, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: Accoring to NASA, we in the middle UK will be hit with between 0 and 0.1 ergs I already had bacon and ergs this morning. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Aurora Watch

2006-04-14 Thread Cotty
On 14/4/06, Michael Hamilton, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=100 Last week, in northern Alberta, Canada. Col. Lovely. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

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