October 9, 2012 Auroras
Remer, MN
A coronal mass ejection had just gone past earth (only a B7 X-ray flare), dropping Bz into the minus teens, but clouds in Grand Rapids made me drive southwest toward Remer to find some clear skies. I dropped a little south of town to shoot a time lapse at a boat landing, but clouds soon moved into that location. I then moved just a few miles northwest to get back out from underneath the clouds and started shooting again on County Road 4 just northwest of town. Even at this spot, the clouds moved in again, but I had gotten at least a short sequence, so I decided to call it a night, went home, and went to bed.
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| Auroras filtered through high, thin clouds near Remer, MN. |
About 2:25 AM, my phone rang, arousing me from deep slumber. My co-worker was calling me to tell me to get my rear end outside! I stumbled out on my back deck to see auroras pulsing directly overhead, filling the sky as far as I could see from my back yard. I grabbed my camera and started shooting a time lapse sequence until I could figure out where to drive to shoot a more scenic view. I ended up going over to my co-worker's house to view them on Trout Lake it see the finale of the display.
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| Pointing the camera up and south from my back deck to look directly into the pulsing auroras as they faded at 2:27 AM. |
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| Auroras still going over Trout Lake at 3:12 AM. |
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