Solar storm

[M_J_Helin]

Three years ago a cme hit earth. The cme. It caused the biggest solar storm in ten years. I was lucky for being in the wilderness that night under a clear sky.

A night I'll never forget. The sky was filled with auroras from dusk till dawn

More pictures of the display here

 

[AlanLichty]

Whoa - I hope you had enough spare batteries and memory cards for that one. Beautiful.

 

[M_J_Helin]

Whoa - I hope you had enough spare batteries and memory cards for that one. Beautiful.

Yes

But I didn't took more than two hundred images...

Mind you, there's Orion in that picture. The northern lights were over the southern sky momentarily. The northern side was void of auroras

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Very nice. A kid in a candy store kinda nice.

 

[MonikaC]

Yes

But I didn't took more than two hundred images...

Mind you, there's Orion in that picture. The northern lights were over the southern sky momentarily. The northern side was void of auroras

In the southern sky, really! Where were you?

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Very nice and I do see Orion low on the horizon on the left side.

 

[M_J_Helin]

In the southern sky, really! Where were you?

In southern Finland.

Here are some more

 

[JimFox]

Hey Matti,

Wow! That is my dream... one day to be able to shoot the Aurora! You have a spectacular display here.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Wow!

 

[Ben Egbert]

Wow is right.

 

[lionking]

Amazing!

 

[Jim Dockery]

Very nice. That would have been the night to do a time-lapse.

 

[M_J_Helin]

Very nice. That would have been the night to do a time-lapse.

Here's a timelapse from Hankasalmi observatory . As you can see, it was incredible. Even scary..

 

[Eric Nelson]

Incredible!

 

[AlanLichty]

That time lapse is unbelievable - thanks for sharing that link!

 

[M_J_Helin]

Here's more info:
http://www.solarham.net/march2015storm/index.htm

I have witnessed three such storms and a couple of nearly as strong.
What made this special was that it caused sounds. From time to time I and many others heard silent hissing, cracking noises. Like radio static. It was the first and so far the last time I have experienced such event.

 

[JimFox]

Congrats on the Daily Featured Post Matti!

 

[M_J_Helin]

Thanks
A pleasant surprise!

 

[Zeph]

Nice to have these views, very much a magnetic dipole symphony.
Super shot MJ

 

[M_J_Helin]

Thanks a lot!

I added a link in the first post where you can find more pictures.

I'll post one:

See that spiral? It's center is in zenith, right above your head.