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Jetamio
Joined: 31 Dec 2006
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Location: BC, Canada
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Heyas all, long time no speakee.
I've been silly busy with work this summer, but after going to the cinema to see Harry Potter, I saw the aurora on the way home in the middle of summer  I just about drove off the road in my surprise. It was July 21st and I live far enough North that we only get 3 hours of darkness if we're lucky at that time of year.
It wasn't very bright, and only showing the greens, but it was definately the aurora. Here's a picture though its not very clear at all. http://madreddruid.deviantart.com/art/Aurora-130436663
Which leads me to my next question  Do any of you know how to get the best pictures of it with a camera? While its only the first time I've seen it here (2nd time in my whole life hehe), we are moving to a place near Alaska next spring so I know I will see alot more of it in the future and would love to capture it on film 
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Cosmic
Joined: 12 Jun 2008
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Location: Dunfermline
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HI Jet
You lucky sod! off to Alaska eh! On the subject of Aurora I have myself only seen this phenomenon once in my youth (1967) from the tenement I lived in at the time. It was a sight I will never forget and to this day I still remember the vivid green curtains of light gently folding their way across a much darker night sky then.
Best you ask Bob Henderson. He's the club chief astrophotographer so he would probably know best settings.
cheerio the noo'
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Jetamio
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Aaw, you missed it when it happened in Dunfermline five or six years ago then? Thats the only time I saw it til I came here. It's still engraved on my memory, and the one I saw here in summer was very dim compared to that one.
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