Bright red Aurora, Cumbria, photos

(Also posted uk.sci.weather

Brilliant. After assuming it was going to be cloudy all night, I looked
out after midnight and it had cleared. Bands of green were stretching
right across from east to west. As I watched, intense reds developed,
and a corona (?). I've tried to capture the show as far as is possible
with a camera. Photos taken between approx. 12.30 and 1.30 this morning.

Canon S50, f2.8, ISO 200, 15 secs

Http://home.clara.net/ra.evans/aurora/index.html

and yes, it was that bright!!

this links to a thumbnail index. The larger images are uncompressed
jpegs to keep pixellation to a minimum, but they are only 500 x 375 so
shouldn't take too long for those, like me, who don't have the luxury of
broadband.....
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Anita Evans
North Cumbria
(anita[at]ra.evans.clara.co.uk to reply by e-mail)