Aurora Fever

The night projected a good aurora forecast, though we had cloudy skies. Early the next morning I awoke with a fever, & looked out the window to a pocket of clear sky. I dressed & went out, dazzled by a corona that filled the entire backyard sky.

Artist: JANE_E_GNASS ;

Exposure Date: 2015:09:11 05:24:27;

ImageDescription: Copyright 2015 Jane E Gnass “BACKYARD: AURORA FEVER” A corona fills the sky above autumn birch & spruce trees in this south orientation: Pleiades star cluster is lower L quadrant; NE above Pleiades & east of Cassiopeia is probably Capella (Latin "little goat") -- actually 4 stars in 2 binary pairs -- brightest star in constellation Auriga & 3rd brightest star in N celestial hemisphere; Cassiopeia is upper R quadrant. Taken at early morning twilight, pink clouds are light reflected from city, but not the LED street lights, Anchorage, AK — forecast Kp5 , but there was a G2 “Moderate” geomagnetic storm in progress at 01:24 AM that morning with Kp6

Copyright: ©_2015 ; JANE_E_GNASS

Make: NIKON CORPORATION;

Model: NIKON D700;

ExposureTime: 3/1 s;

FNumber: f/2.8;

ISOSpeedRatings: 2000;

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Flash: Flash did not fire;

FocalLength: 14 mm;

FocalLengthIn35mmFilm: 14 mm;

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