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Northern Lights from Alaska #5038244 03/12/11
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,499 Alaska Ray OP Campfire Regular
OP Ray Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,499 Alaska	Just took this one at 3:00 AM this morning (Sat.). The light at the left is street lighting from North Pole, I believe, and the moon is shown in the middle below the Auroras. Number 2 and number 3 were taken at other times and locations this week Camera is a Canon 40D, with a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens wide open, around 400 ISO, and from 13-15 seconds exposures. 640 ISO on this one: Last edited by Ray; 03/13/11.

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Re: Northern Lights from Alaska Ray #5039017 03/13/11
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SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,670 Likes: 6 Midwest	Ray, WAAAYYYYY cool. Thanks for sharing. WWP53D

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska SKane #5039778 03/13/11
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AZ Southpaw Campfire Regular A Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,786	Geeeze!! I don't hardly have the words for that. I just know I need to get up there one day. Great shots - thanks for sharing!!

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska Ray #5039913 03/13/11
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1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,974 Likes: 11 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA	Neat! Thanks for listing the exposures. 1Minute

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska 1minute #5040730 03/13/11
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Nebraska Campfire Outfitter N Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 14,074	Those are beautiful pics.....I bet that's quite an impressive sight in person!! Biden's most truthful quote ever came during his first press conference, 03/25/21. Drum roll please...... "I don't know, to be clear." and THAT is one promise he's kept!!!

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Re: Northern Lights from Alaska Nebraska #5040836 03/13/11
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EricM Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 5,513 SoCal	Wowzers!!!!!

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska EricM #5041441 03/13/11
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,499 Alaska Ray OP Campfire Regular
OP Ray Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,499 Alaska	Yes, it's quite impressive! On high places such as the one I was standing on, when the Auroras are active like that it seems that you are in the middle of it (they look closer than what they really are). I took those last week after some solar flares that hit earth Wednesday and Thursday, except for the first one. This one I took Saturday when the Auroras were not longer very active. They appeared for about an hour, and then slowed down.

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska Ray #5041911 03/14/11
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RedRabbit Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,123 Likes: 1 Flagstaff, AZ	Ray. Very nice. I like the last best due to the angles of the more dominant tree lines and road leading to the "base" of the aurora tail. Doug's Photo Gallery

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska RedRabbit #5041987 03/14/11
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,474 Hermitage, TN remfak Campfire Tracker
remfak Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,474 Hermitage, TN	AMAZING!!! That has got to be a real treat to see that "live"!!

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska remfak #5042539 03/14/11
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wpgtkd Campfire Member W Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 159 Metairie	Those are awesome shots. Thanks

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Re: Northern Lights from Alaska wpgtkd #5047818 03/15/11
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CameraLandTamronPhotAdv Campfire Regular C Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 961	Beautiful! Love the cabin in the last one. Great photography is not about being in the right place at the right time, it is about putting yourself in the right place at the right time.

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska CameraLandTamronPhotAdv #5063927 03/20/11
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Big Stick Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 58,754 Likes: 56 Paradise,Alaska	OOF due to trying to handhold for 2 seconds,but this display from last Hitch,was the brightest I'd ever seen. That despite the lights in proximity,much drowning them out. Same goes this shot(lights drowning the display),but I dig the contrast............... Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska Big Stick #5066959 03/21/11
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ryanjay11 Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 860 Missouri	Ray,those are some of the best examples of the northern lights I've seen. The contrast of the trees is excellent.

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska ryanjay11 #5070321 03/22/11
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JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,309 Likes: 21 W. Texas	Wow, just wow. Thanks a million. It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska wpgtkd #5071109 03/22/11
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BOW777 Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,659 Florida	I really need to do this some day!!!!!!!!! When Ronald Reagan was president, we had Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Now that Barack Obama is president, we have NO hope and NO cash.

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska BOW777 #5072661 03/22/11
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,499 Alaska Ray OP Campfire Regular
OP Ray Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 2,499 Alaska	Thanks for all the nice comments. Those who live in Alaska, and probably in Canada, will have another chance at the Auroras this weekend. The forecast is for "active" Northern Lights Saturday and Sunday nights. That's the way it was when i took the photos above. ------ Big Stick: Those are very nice examples considering that you didn't use a tripod!

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska Ray #5076301 03/23/11
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Ol` Joe Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2,762 1 hr north of Hell	Not to hi-jack the thread but, here`s a good site to keep tabs on the aurora forcast if any are interested. http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/auroraforecast/ I wish I could be in a place where they occur often just to lay back and watch, let alone get photos as nice as those. I`ve seen them a few times on hunts in Canada similar to your pictures, but they are very rare around here (Mi), and short lived if they do occur. I must confess, I was born at a very early age. --Groucho Marx Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when they deserve it. --Mark Twain

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska Ray #5216455 05/06/11
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Racer1 Campfire Regular R Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 601 Murray, KY	Those are simply amazing!!!

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska Ray #5219128 05/07/11
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,357 Likes: 35 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,357 Likes: 35 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	Nice, as always! If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Northern Lights from Alaska ironbender #5219508 05/08/11
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Proud_Dad Campfire Regular P Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,735 Hutchinson, KS	Spectacular photos...thanks for sharing! "Kids don't remember their best day of television."

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