Aurora Borealis,
September 11, 2005
On September 9, 2005,
Sunspot 798 hurled a magnitude X17 flare into space. This solar
flare was one of the top 10 most powerful in recorded history. The
resulting CME impacted earth late in the evening of September 10th
resulting in a severe geomagnetic storm. The images on this page
were captured between 11:15 p.m. September 10, and 5:00 a.m. September
11, 2005. It was a very active display with fluttering curtains of
light and bursts of light which pulsed overhead.
The image on the right was
taken as the Sun was setting on September 13, 2005. Sunspot 798 is
visible in the image. Image taken with a Nikon D100 and a 300mm
zoom lens.
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