Aurora Timelapse from Michigan 10-24-11

Northern Lights as seen east of Martin, Michigan on October 24 2011.




As seen on numerous local broadcasts and local news outlets around the midwest. major network news NBC, ABC, Today show. Mlive. Accuweather. Woodtv8's Bill's Blog. Mentioned on the Detroit news, Chicago Tribune. NPR and many others.

The timelapse spans 2h 20m from just after dusk to around 10:30 pm EDT.

Tech details: ~280 15MP images taken with a Canon T1i. Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 set @11mm f4.0 ISO 400. 25 second exposures every 30 seconds. Video was created with Virtualdub's jpeg sequencer to a 30fps AVI. Then compressed and slowed down to 10 fps.

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[rahul verma]

iz this really michigan bcoz aurora happens near poles?

[lakefxnet]

The Aurora occur in an oval around the Magnetic Pole. The magnetic pole is about 10 degrees south of the polar axis, in the direction of North America. Typical Aurora occur in an oval that stretches through Iceland, N. Ontario, the border of British Columbia and the Yukon. When a geomagnetic storm occurs, this oval expands by hundreds of miles further south. lakefx dot net, click 'space'

[GiuAmim]

yeah aurora happens only near poles, but who knows can be real.

[lakefxnet]

Aurora have been seen in the past as far south as Cuba--As recently as about 60 years ago. Michigan on the other hand, especially the northern portion, can see aurora as often as a few times each week, or a few times each month on average---for an astute observer who know when to look and has a clear view of the northern sky. The Aurora do NOT occur near the poles, but rather in an oval hundreds of miles away from the poles--This oval expands during events like this.

[lakefxnet]

Northern lights have been happening on earth continuously for eons. Aurora are just a beautiful reminder of our magnetosphere protecting us (we can't break the magnetosphere with GW or pollution). The approaching Solar maxima is predicted to be half as strong as the one we experienced in 2001. It's affect on climate is thought to be nearly 0. A blast from the sun could someday that knock out power and satellites. Could be next year... or 500 years from now. 0 climate affects.

[Ginger Mikhel]

@EaglesQuestions it's not rare in Michigan that is. It's been happening quite often.

[Ginger Mikhel]

@DominoBreaker it's the moon you idiot

[Ginger Mikhel]

@nohdata yes it's Michigan I live here and seen it myself

[Ginger Mikhel]

It's actually been happening a lot in Michigan it's my home :)

[animegirl0091]

I saw a shooting star! :D

[josemanueltucu]

Que hermoso!!

[TheMarilia1]

Wonderful!!

[LOLperson123123]

It's caused by the earths perimeter heated up causing gas that spreads around the earth

[dreamdimensions]

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