2000 was the year of Solar max. We had several great auroral storms.
John Russell, a resident of Nome, Alaska, sent me some wonderful
photos of recent geomagnetic activity he witnessed. Here are some of them:


Mr. Russell took this photo on 3 Oct. 2000, 
at about 2:00am. Specs.: Fuji Pro800 NHGII 
film, and 12 second exposure
This image was taken with a Nikon N90s 
camera and 35mm Nikkor lens @f2. 29
Sept., about 1:45am. This "storm" was 
quite intense, and lasted about
4 minutes. 10 second exposure on 
Fuj Superia 400 film. (Straight up 
through a nice corona).

All times given are local for Nome, AK.
Add nine hours for Universal Time.


This aurora looks a lot like a corkscrew.
In the photographer's words:
"This is looking straight up into the bottom of a 
curtain."
The red color indicates an intense storm.

A curtain aurora, also taken during
 the October 3 storm.


Another curtain aurora, from the Sept. 29, 2000
storm:


More photos, from the same storm:


 

 

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