Hey Walter:
I forwarded your message to the editor of Skynews magazine. He will most likely be
able to explain the rings. Astronomy is one of my hobbies and our family was admiring
the northern lights that night also. We live in south central Ontario.
Bill Los
Walter Jeffries wrote:
> Complaints of no posts... Okay... :)
>
> This didn't seem to bother the sheep. I hope everyone had a chance to
> see the Northern Lights tonight! They were spectacular! If you missed
> them, look again tomorrow. They were the best I've seen in decades,
> even from when I lived in Alaska. They change over the course of the
> night. We saw them grow from a few flares to filling the sky so
> bright that the metal roof of our house looked like it was glowing
> blood red and then faded to night and then pulsed up again in color.
> If you look out and don't see it one time, check again later.
>
> I got a nice photo with an interesting ring pattern. The file
> is rather large. Check it out if you like at:
>
> http://www.hollygraphicart.com/TempFiles/Nor
thernLightsRings20031030ORVT.JPG
>
> I also got a nice one through the trees looking up over the ridge
> along Sugar Mountain although it is lower res:
>
> http://www.hollygraphicart.com/TempFile
s/NorthernLightsOnSugarMtn20031030ORVT.jpg
>
> Those are stars in the background, our cloud cover cleared, and
> you can see Mars in the lower right.
>
> If you have an explination for the rings in the first picture
> I would be curious to know... It's not planetary rotation...
> It's not a camera artifact... So what is it... :-?
>
> Cheers!
>
> -Walter
> in Vermont
> under a blood red sky
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