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March 31, 2017 Auroras

Grand Rapids, MN

For the fifth day in a row, a high speed stream of solar wind buffeted Earth's magnetosphere.  This evening, the auroras were brighter than typically is the case this late into the high speed stream.  I decided to bike down to the Forest History Center again, where I photographed the auroras for several hours.

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The initial substorm immediately after I arrived.  I was trying to frame the tree in it.
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I re-pointed the camera, but I'm not getting enough of the water reflection here.
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Now, I'm framed pretty nicely on the dock and trees, but my camera bag is there.
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I took away the camera bag and got this shot.
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Back to landscape mode.
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The auroras dimmed, but a faint band of aurora "sprites" materialized.
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A third substorm for the evening.  This one was actually much brigher than the others, but my shutter speed was faster.
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Aurora "tornado" on the left.

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