Nortern Lights Aug. 3 in the lower 48?

[mtnbike28]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/03/northern.lights/index.html?iref=allsearch

I am thinking of trying to find a spot to photograph them....

any tips?

On line I found - iso 400/f2.8 or more open/ 15 seconds or so/ daylight WB/ noise reduction turned on/ remove all filters/

 

[Tucson T4R]

That sounds about right to me. You should be able go up to 20-25 seconds and still have minimal star movement.

 

[Overland Hadley]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Hill Bill E.]

Thanks for the heads up.

You're in a great spot for it! I might head up to Hawks Ridge later, or early in the morning.

Only a couple miles away, and far enough from the lights of town.

My back usually wakes me up around 0400-0500, so that would be a good time to go.:coffeedrink:

 

[Overland Hadley]

Anybody have any luck?

I checked at midnight and the sky was clear, no aurora borealis. About five years ago we were having amazing northern lights, filling the whole sky. But the last few years have been quite. It will be nice if we start to have more activity again.

 

[Tucson T4R]

A few folks seem to have been able to capture it but mostly in the Northern reaches. Obviously nothing down here in the desert SW.

http://spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01aug10.htm?PHPSESSID=og86v0vd6ttsn205tdiap0ucd4

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

No show in Bend, OR. :costumed-smiley-007

 

[mtnbike28]

no luck in NY

I searched a cool foreground and was looking over Lake Ontario, but got no show.

 

[Overland Hadley]

A friend who lives up the shore made some good photographs of the northern lights over the lake. He said they only lasted about half an hour. I will get a link to his images tonight.