"ryjacobs" (ryjacobs)
02/19/2014 at 09:58 • Filed to: Aurora
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"ryjacobs" (ryjacobs)
02/19/2014 at 09:58 • Filed to: Aurora | 3
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After tracking these nightly for so long, we finally had a geomagnetic storm that was large enough to push the aurora far enough south into Wisconsin.
Here are some other shots I took, in higher resolution. It was my first time doing anything long-exposure, or at night.
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Stupidru
> ryjacobs
02/19/2014 at 09:59 |
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:( I missed it. We're about half an hour north of Milwaukee. Where are you?
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ryjacobs
> Stupidru
02/19/2014 at 10:01 |
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I am up in Eau Claire.
Baber K. Khan
> ryjacobs
02/19/2014 at 10:08 |
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Wow. People travel the world to hunt them out and they came to you..lucky.
Raphael Orlove
> ryjacobs
02/19/2014 at 10:12 |
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wow! you lucked out, man
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ryjacobs
> Baber K. Khan
02/19/2014 at 10:13 |
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It had been about ten years since I have last seen them, but it is always worth the wait!
JR1
> ryjacobs
02/19/2014 at 10:16 |
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Beautiful pictures! Honestly can say this is the only time I've ever been jealous of someone from Wisconsin, your winters are terrible!
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ryjacobs
> Raphael Orlove
02/19/2014 at 10:18 |
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I was very fortunate to have seen them. I saw the storm was beginning, but didn't think it was going to keep increasing in intensity. After some time, I decided that I'd better check it out anyways so I knew for sure whether or not it was visible. I'm glad I did!
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ryjacobs
> JR1
02/19/2014 at 10:21 |
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I couldn't have asked for better timing! The sky was clear and the temperatures were in the mid-20's or so, which allowed me to stay out quite a while.
bpromersberger
> ryjacobs
02/19/2014 at 10:22 |
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Damn! Quite lucky sir. I've seen them once in DePere and once in Eagle River, but they were so feint I could never get a picture. Nice shot too!
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ryjacobs
> bpromersberger
02/19/2014 at 10:42 |
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I believe the last time I saw them I was driving back from Appleton to De Pere - I grew up there!
OPPOsaurus WRX
> ryjacobs
02/19/2014 at 10:43 |
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Is that picture an accurate representation of what you can see in person? I've heard that you need to take long exposures and that they are actually very dim and hard to see. Either way, i'm jealous. I'd love to see that.
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bpromersberger
> ryjacobs
02/19/2014 at 10:44 |
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Oh nice, I haven't been there in a decade at least. I used to fish the Fox River every February/March.
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ryjacobs
> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/19/2014 at 10:54 |
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They were very bright and enjoyable to the naked eye, just a slightly dimmer shade of green. I could even see them without having to leave the north edge of town (although I did drive about 5 miles north to get away from most city lights).
To my eyes, the red color was not visible.
This photo, and the ones on Flickr, all have a 10 second exposure.
JEM
> ryjacobs
02/19/2014 at 13:55 |
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Awesome!!! This is one of the biggest things on my bucket list, seeing the aurora. I know the Mt. Washington observatory in NH posted some rad pictures from last night. Wonder if they'll ever make it down to Mass?
How do you track the storms?
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ryjacobs
> JEM
02/19/2014 at 16:12 |
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I'm sure eventually you'll see them! I'd like to get much further north at some point to see them in all of their glory.
I mainly use these three sites for information:
www.SpaceWeather.com
http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm
(they actually have a nice FB page for alerts)
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/
BrainForest
> ryjacobs
02/19/2014 at 16:43 |
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I've actually seen the Aurora in Minneapolis, but it was silvery-white, not these astounding colors.
Great shots!
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JEM
> ryjacobs
02/20/2014 at 10:46 |
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Awesome, thanks!