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Seeing the aurora is an experience I highly recommend to everyone. The photos are beautiful... E pur si muove!

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There is so much structure often seen in the aurora. Amazing, but the cause of such things (like really thin arcs) is still a mystery.

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More Aurora.

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We were very fortunate to have clear skies the entire week of the conference. When I was last in Alaska for a rocket launch, it was sometimes hard to tell if we were seeing a blobby cloud or some very faint aurora. The trick is that you can see stars through aurora but not through clouds.

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76: begin aurora sequence

The blog is going to be getting more attention these days. I just returned from Fairbanks, Alaska, where I spent a week watching the aurora and learning about the aurora. I took hundreds of photos and want to share at least dozens of those on the blog.



All of the following aurora photos were taken on Thursday, March 3, 2011, over a time span of 2 hours and 40 minutes. I was also taking pictures on the previous Monday and Tuesday nights, but the focus of those photos is lacking.

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More snow. These little berries were growing on a fence surrounding the president's yard.

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Snow! It has been challenging to get any photos of the snow. I think this is mostly due to the fact that my hands get too cold, and I can only take about 5 photos before it is time to get warm again.

This photo was taken on the Dartmouth campus, from the sidewalk peeking into the president's yard. paparazzi!