Following a heavy overcast day, I wasn't holding out much hope of viewing a potential auroral display in the hours after midnight this morning. I woke up just as the calendar clicked over to November 7, and saw that according to spaceweather.com the Kp index was up to 5 with a possibility of intensification. Since the dog hadn't been out since we fell asleep during the second period of the Red Wings game, we stepped outside. I to check the cloud cover and Roscoe to water the lawn.
In the 3 hours that I napped on the couch the skies had just about cleared. I packed my camera gear into the car and headed toward Ludington State Park. As I headed up County Rd 116 I noticed glow through the clouds to the north. I pulled over and took a 10 second exposure with my camera held on the dashboard. There they were, the elusive glowing green pulses that I hadn't seen since...Wednesday.
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| Hand held through the windshield |
Once again I created a video from some of the still shots. Here is the youtube link......Northern Lights 11/07/2015
Neat! I'm especially liking #623. Green glows are certainly cool but I like the green curtains better. Well done!!!
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Thanks. In the photos around 623 a little vortex developed.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, Mark! I'm still waiting to see some, someday....
ReplyDeleteBesides checking spaceweather.com, here is a link that can give you a heads up on what is in the offing. http://www.aurora-service.org/aurora-forecast/ . It gives a forecast on the expect Kp index. It needs to be at least 7 for a display to be visible from Wayne County, but an index of 8 or 9 may be necessary from light polluted skies of metro Detroit. Up here the my last two sigthtings had a Kp index of 5 on Wednesday and 6 on Saturday.
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