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August 8, 2016 Auroras

Coleraine, MN

Enhanced solar wind conditions from a high speed stream of solar wind occurred over the weekend.  On Sunday evening, I decided to go out and shoot for a bit.  I found an elevated shooting location that I shared for a couple hours with a flying squirrel.  They seem to be fairly curious animals, but I suppose it's understandable that this one was curious.  Humans don't usually occupy such places at night.  I wish I had gotten a picture of the squirrel.

Nice Auroras
The City of Coleraine is to the right, a Magnetation facility is just off the image to the left, and there's a barely perceptible glow of auroras over the left half of the image.
Nice Auroras
The auroras did not get any brigher than this.

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