Parkman Pond Aurora - 32
Early in the morning the northern horizon glowed green. This was caused by a geomagnetic storm from a recurring coronal hole on the sun. A coronal hole is an opening in the outer atmosphere of the sun that allows the high-speed solar wind to escape, which triggers the aurora when it impacts Earth’s magnetic field. Since the sun rotates on it’s axis every 27 days, this can be predicted in advance. I saw the aurora from this coronal hole in September, but last month it was too cloudy. I was determined to see it again this weekend even if it meant staying up all night dodging clouds (aurora hunting is an addiction). The infrared satellite showed a gap in the clouds moving in at 2AM, so I made some coffee and found a dark spot on the Wyoming/Montana state line to watch and wait. It wasn’t the best display I've seen, but I’ll take what I can get during solar minimum, and the meteor was a nice bonus.
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- Kevin Palmer
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2018, November, Parkman, Wyoming, astronomy, astrophotography, aurora, aurora borealis, autumn, clouds, dark, fall, fence, geomagnetic storm, green, hills, kevin palmer, meteor, night, nikon 50mm f1.4, nikon d750, north, northern lights, pond, reflection, shooting star, sky, space, starry, stars, water
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