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September 4, 2012 Auroras

Orr, MN

I had dinner with a friend of mine in Virginia, MN, and we went aurora chasing after that (mainly to find clear skies). After dinner, the ACE spacecraft data were not looking very good, but we decided to look anyway because we had already driven pretty far. We went to one location north of Lake Vermilion somewhere on some forest road, but I cannot find it on the map as I write this. After losing patience with the speed of the clearing line, we drove back southwest through Cook then north to Orr. There, we finally saw the auroras. The show did not last very long, so we soon headed back home.

Nice Auroras
Auroras viewed from Orr, MN.

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