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December 8th, 2001

by Jean Chiasson

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Updated: 17:25 UTC 24 Oct (1:25 pm EDT, 24 October)

No mid-latitude auroral activity is expected during the next 72 hours. Normal quiescent high-latitude activity will be observed.

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Generally quiet levels of solar activity are expected through the forseeable near-future.

	A Little Glory Submitted by: Dennis Anderson at 2009-11-06 23:32:01 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
	Another image of the 10-1-09 elliptical halo Submitted by: Michael Ellestad at 2009-10-04 23:21:01 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
	Elliptical halo 1-10-09 Submitted by: Michael Ellestad at 2009-10-04 03:33:01 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
	AGAIN...SAME PLACE!!! Submitted by: michel tournay at 2009-09-22 04:02:01 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 =0A=0A=0A
	International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery Submitted by: Greg Dean at 2009-09-13 05:18:02 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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2009-11-19 20:00:00 UTC: N69.75 E18 - tromso

Last night was phenomenal. Clearly the previous night was just a rehearsal. We had the lot colours, curtains, beams, hyper activity with wave like pulsations directly overhead and around us. A spectacular display so can't wait to be out on te water tonight for a stunning finale to our holiday in Tromso.

2009-11-18 22:30:00 UTC: N69.75 E20.25 - Tromso

First sighting of the aurora so apologies that I maybe not best able to describe the intensity or types of activity accurately. The sighting began by being almost a white cloud as we were driving along the road. When we were able to stop we cold see a definite wide spread arc that varied in intensity. There were some strong beams occasionally at either end and movement through the arc like curtains. Difficult to detect much colour at all, very pale green maybe. Surprised not to see any other reports of sightings from here as we have been told it has been very good for weeks.

2009-11-16 06:32:00 UTC: N61.5 W159 - sutton AK

approx 6:35 am nov 16 2009.i just got home to see the strange glow as it was my first time to see the northern lights.as i stood looking almost staight up it started to get a little brighter.it streched all acrossed the northern skys tricklingdown and almost danced with little shimmers of a radiant glow.i would like to know when the next time will be so that i might see more.i have waited all my life to see this and would love to know more than i already do. thank you for your time . travis

2009-11-08 20:07:00 UTC: N0 E6.15 - Eoropie, isle of Lewis, Scotland.

Green glow just stating over the Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, may get better as the night goes on.

2009-10-30 06:22:00 UTC: N63.75 W150.75 - Fairbanks, Alaska

Stepped out to check and see if the aurora was active and it appeared when I looked over to the north. It was intense for a short period of time. Colors varied from green to a whiteish green with lots of movement.

2009-10-26 04:00:00 UTC: N48 W121.5 - Port Angeles, WA

Diffuse greenish glow, with one beam. Watched for 45 minutes. Checked 2 hours later, gone.

2009-10-25 10:30:00 UTC: N64.5 W153.75 - Fairbanks, Alaska

Was at work and had to check outside for something and noticed the aurora overhead. 2 white rays overhead and a green arc over the northern portion of the building. Did manage to see a meteror shoot through the arc though. Wish I could have styed outside but had to work.

2009-10-22 23:00:00 UTC: N58 W6 - Eoropie, Isle of Lewis

Looking North over to the Butt of Lewis lighthouse, a brake in the cloud gave a very nice green arch, it has been there for over an hour now, but the cloud has not cleared any more. Nice to see even such a small Au so far. GM7PBB.

2009-10-17 03:05:00 UTC: N41.24 W83.62 - Cygnet, Ohio

2009-10-16 22:00:00 UTC: N42.75 W85.5 - Michigan

The strangest thing with the sightings last night was the extreme distance south of my location the beams were rising from. They started from the south-southwest sky westward to just slightly in the northeastern sky. I did get a few pictures o them but the focus was not all that great..