Northern Lights created by the solar flare

MissEve · 10-31-2003

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.

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)

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)

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)

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10-31-2003	#1
MissEve Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 428	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. 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) 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) 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.