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Aurora borealis, 49°N (11 Oct 2024)

Northern lights over New West

Notices quickly went out, even saw alerts from scientists whom I follow on social media. Big solar storm detected, big aurora display expected.

The colours: reds & blue-greens for oxygen & nitrogen, respectively.

Structure: pillars, curtains, wavy strands.

Location: New Westminster, BC 🇨🇦 ; 49.2° North, 122.9° West.

Time: from about 12am to 1am PDT (7 to 8h UTC), on 11 October 2024.

Northwest horizon, 0003h PDT. Visible: Vega (Lyra), Draco, Ursa Minor.
Northwest horizon, 0004h PDT.
East horizon, 0010h PDT. Visible: Jupiter, Aldebaran (Taurus), Pleiades, Cetus, Orion.
Overhead “radiant”, 0016h PDT.
Northeast horizon, 0027h PDT. Visible:
East horizon (towards the Port Mann Bridge), 0030h PDT.
Northeast horizon, 0039h PDT.
Northern horizon, 0045h PDT.

I made all photos above with an iPhone15 on 11 Oct 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.