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Brilliant northern lights, fed by especially large solar flares, were visible across much of Alaska on Tuesday night. The greenish lights, above, were photographed around 9 p.m. looking northeast in the Gunsight Mountain area near Eureka Summit. http://www.adn.com/ips_rich_content/603-30alites.jpg Anchorage Aglow: Fog rolls into downtown Anchorage as the aurora borealis turns the sky above green at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday evening near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. (Erik Hill / Anchorage Daily News) http://www.adn.com/ips_rich_content/475-30lights1.jpg Light From Above: The aurora borealis fills the northern sky late Tuesday above the Russian Orthodox Saint Nicholas Memorial Chapel in Kenai. (M. Scott Moon / The Associated Press) http://www.adn.com/ips_rich_content/419-30lights.jpg Bright Skies: The aurora borealis fills the southwest sky early Wednesday above Soldotna. Astronomers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks said brilliant auroras are linked of one of the largest solar flare eruptions in years. (M. Scott Moon / The Associated Press) There are a few more at http://adn.com/photos/aurora/ but you might have to signup to login. |
wow, very cool
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That is awesome, so unique it looks photoshopped!
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absolutely amazing
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Wow. Just wow.
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Thats beautiful.. thanks for posting the pictures.
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Stunning!!! :yowsa:
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Magnificent!!!
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wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Japanese beleive that children concived during this phenomena will be very gifted! |
those are awesome
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I have to check that out some time soon...
When the best time to come up? |
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Great pictures... thank you!!
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That is just too fukkin cool... course in November in AK, it'd have to be... :P
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Like everyone else I'm in awe~thanks for posting the pics.
We had solar flares in Southern Oregon about three years ago, with the sky the same melting, shifting maze of glowing red and green/blue swirls in the night sky as in some of the photos you posted. It was awesome. |
truly great pics ;)
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nice pics
Last edited by Suzie-Q at Nov 25 2003, 09:11 PM |
~VERY IMPRESSIVE!!
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I was lucky enough to see the Aurora Borealis when I was in Alaska. AMAZING sight indeed.
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Wow.. amazing.. that's one thing I gotta see in my lifetime...
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