Painted Sky: The Aurora from the Ground

Painted Sky: The Aurora from the Ground

The following images were taken by Brian Rachford in Iowa and Wyoming
during space weather events of the 1990s and collected on his
Aurora Photos and Descriptions page.

3/21/90 56K	3/21/90 59K	11/23/97 50K	5/3/98 80K	5/4/98 22K
5/4/98 57K	5/4/98 57K	8/27/98 56K	11/14/98 36K	11/14/98 42K

The following pictures of the aurora borealis were taken by Dr. A. V. Jones,
the distinguished Canadian auroral researcher. The pictures were taken from
Fort Churchill, Manitoba, and collected on the CANOPUS web site.

Pink and Green
38K

Blue Arcs
40K

White Aurora
40K

Blue with Pole
49K

"Stripes"
37K

The Portable Auroral Imager took this footage during field-trips to the
CANOPUS Rabbit Lake site by Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan, during March
1994, 1995, and 1997.

Auroral Curls
29K

Auroral Corona
22K

Very Thin Arc
22K

Discrete Structures
71K

Black Auroral Vortices
90K

The following images are from the Poker Flat Research Range located in
Fairbanks, Alaska.

1958 Aurora, Japan 30K	1958 in Fairbanks 38K	Aurora with Pipeline 24K	Aurora with Totem Pole 78K	Auroral Curl 73K
Aurora Over a Church 99K	Pink and Green Aurora 107K	White Vertical Aurora 74K	Multicolored Aurora 88K	White and Green Aurora 118K
Family, Blue Aurora 87K	White Aurora, Woods 71K	Medieval Aurora 98K	Bamberg Aurora, 1560 25K	Candles in Sky, 1570 49K

The following images were taken by Jan Curtis of the Geophysical
Institute at the University of Alaska. View more of Jan Curtis' images by
going to his Aurora Page.

Curtain with House 159K	Zoom on the Aurora 145K	Aurora with Big Dipper 110K	11/7/97 Aurora 108K	Aurora with TV Relay 196K
Major Storm Begins 112K	Aurora and Hale-Bopp 148K	Many Green Bands 154K	3/6/99 Aurora 44K	The "Corona" 33K
Aurora at Twilight 26K	10/18/98 Red Aurora 36K	Aurora Behind Clouds 256K	Two Green Auroral Arcs 167K	Aurora and Its Reflection 147K
Green Arc and Curtain 192K	Aurora, Power Lines 196K

The following images were taken by Dick Hutchinson who lives in Circle, Alaska.

Aurora with Moon 11K	Aurora with Orion 52K	Clouds and Aurora 21K	A Vertical Aurora 38K	Vertical Aurora Bands 81K
Auroral Curl 100K	Aurora Behind a House 139K	Green Aurora with Raft 76K	Blue Aurora with Car 88K

The following images were taken by Michael T. Dolan on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; more can be seen on his Aurora Page.

Single Veil 84K	Two Veils 99K	Wavy Veil 95K	Green Veil Observed 139K	Lake Superior Aurora 155K
Bright Green Aurora 114K	Pink and Green Veils 115K

The following images of the aurora australis were taken by David Miller and Craig Richardson and collected on the IPS Radio and Space Services Interesting Facts and Educational Material page.