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Oklahoma Aurora Vertical

2024-07-05 By Roger Edwards

Oklahoma Aurora Vertical

Here is a vertical view, for scale, of the amazing auroral band that hovered south of Norman’s latitude for a couple hours in mid-spring 2024.  Clearly visible aurorae at this latitude are quite rare, truly a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence for many, the second for me, and the first since I’ve shot digital.  This display glowed from the impact on earth’s upper atmosphere of an X-class flare and full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun, as part of the strongest geomagnetic storm to envelop Earth since 1989, a G5 whopper.  This event somehow did not cause substantial disruptions to the electrical grids, partly to the credit of much-improved space-weather predictions allowing operators to prepare for the added load.  North of this arc aurora, some glow aurora was visible for a few hours as well. Auroral effects appeared as far south from the North Magnetic Pole as parts of the Florida Keys, Mexico and Jamaica, and as far north from the South Magnetic Pole as New Caledonia and southern Brazil.

Norman OK (10 May 24) Looking S

Filed Under: Visual Effects Tagged With: astronomy, aurora borealis, clouds, forests, landscapes, Norman, Oklahoma

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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