Photos: Auroral activity in Greece

Dear Friends,

As was the case in Oct/2003 and thanks to the efforts of AR10484, the impossible has happened yet again, for we had the fortune to observe the Aurora Borealis in Greece and in spite of the great distance from the geomagnetic pole. Various alert bulletins were instrumental in raising my attention to the possibility of an M- or X-class flare and, to this end, I purposely kept an eye on the northern horizon. I was rewarded about 60 minutes before midnight on Nov 20/2003 where the sky was bathed on and off in a glowing red blanket. Beautiful and very rare photos were obtained which not only beautifully highlight the aurora but include a setting Draco and rising Ursa Major.

A couple of sample photos are available at:

http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-001.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-002.htm

Anthony.

"Anthony Ayiomamitis" wrote in message
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Dear Friends,

As was the case in Oct/2003 and thanks to the efforts of AR10484, the
impossible has happened yet again, for we had the fortune to observe the
Aurora Borealis in Greece and in spite of the great distance from the
geomagnetic pole. Various alert bulletins were instrumental in raising my
attention to the possibility of an M- or X-class flare and, to this end, I
purposely kept an eye on the northern horizon. I was rewarded about 60
minutes before midnight on Nov 20/2003 where the sky was bathed on and off
in a glowing red blanket. Beautiful and very rare photos were obtained which
not only beautifully highlight the aurora but include a setting Draco and
rising Ursa Major.

A couple of sample photos are available at:

http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-001.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-002.htm

Anthony.

Beautiful Anthony, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy either.

Regards,
Ed T.

Anthony,
Looks even stronger than the last time! Congratulations.

Jay S.

Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:
Dear Friends,

As was the case in Oct/2003 and thanks to the efforts of AR10484, the
impossible has happened yet again, for we had the fortune to observe the
Aurora Borealis in Greece and in spite of the great distance from the
geomagnetic pole. Various alert bulletins were instrumental in raising
my attention to the possibility of an M- or X-class flare and, to this
end, I purposely kept an eye on the northern horizon. I was rewarded
about 60 minutes before midnight on Nov 20/2003 where the sky was bathed
on and off in a glowing red blanket. Beautiful and very rare photos were
obtained which not only beautifully highlight the aurora but include a
setting Draco and rising Ursa Major.

A couple of sample photos are available at:

http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-001.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-002.htm

Anthony.

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:09:57 +0200, Anthony Ayiomamitis
wrote:

Dear Friends,

As was the case in Oct/2003 and thanks to the efforts of AR10484, the impossible has happened yet again, for we had the fortune to observe the Aurora Borealis in Greece and in spite of the great distance from the geomagnetic pole. Various alert bulletins were instrumental in raising my attention to the possibility of an M- or X-class flare and, to this end, I purposely kept an eye on the northern horizon. I was rewarded about 60 minutes before midnight on Nov 20/2003 where the sky was bathed on and off in a glowing red blanket. Beautiful and very rare photos were obtained which not only beautifully highlight the aurora but include a setting Draco and rising Ursa Major.

A couple of sample photos are available at:

http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-001.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-002.htm


Nice one Anthony. Fantastic that you have now captured it twice. Was
this display stronger than the previous one?
--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk

Pete Lawrence wrote:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:09:57 +0200, Anthony Ayiomamitis
wrote:



Dear Friends,

As was the case in Oct/2003 and thanks to the efforts of AR10484, the impossible has happened yet again, for we had the fortune to observe the Aurora Borealis in Greece and in spite of the great distance from the geomagnetic pole. Various alert bulletins were instrumental in raising my attention to the possibility of an M- or X-class flare and, to this end, I purposely kept an eye on the northern horizon. I was rewarded about 60 minutes before midnight on Nov 20/2003 where the sky was bathed on and off in a glowing red blanket. Beautiful and very rare photos were obtained which not only beautifully highlight the aurora but include a setting Draco and rising Ursa Major.

A couple of sample photos are available at:

http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-001.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-002.htm



Hi Pete,

Nice one Anthony. Fantastic that you have now captured it twice. Was
this display stronger than the previous one?

I believe this one was the sama intensity as the last one.
Something which I did this time which proved to be my saving grace is
that I experimented much more with the exposures. of the twenty-five
images taken, I have three which are quite good (I need to upload the
third image).

I have checked repeatedly and there is no photo record I can
find of an aurora in Greece.

Anthony.

Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote in article
...
Dear Friends,

As was the case in Oct/2003 and thanks to the efforts of AR10484, the impossible has happened yet again, for we had the fortune to observe the Aurora Borealis in Greece and in spite of the great distance from the geomagnetic pole. Various alert bulletins were instrumental in raising my attention to the possibility of an M- or X-class flare and, to this end, I purposely kept an eye on the northern horizon. I was rewarded about 60 minutes before midnight on Nov 20/2003 where the sky was bathed on and off in a glowing red blanket. Beautiful and very rare photos were obtained which not only beautifully highlight the aurora but include a setting Draco and rising Ursa Major.

A couple of sample photos are available at:

http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-001.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Aurorae-20031120-002.htm


Anthony,

Much as it makes me sick that the aurorae over the last few weeks seem
to have induced rainfall at least there are some decent pictures coming
through.
Thanks to all that have shared your photos.

BTW – congratulations, the Anelema photo that was published in AN
earlier in the year has been republished in the AN yearbook 2004 and
listed as picture of the year.

Keep up the good work.
--
Simon
51:31N 0:38W
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