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MissEve
10-31-2003, 03:09 AM
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Brilliant northern lights, fed by especially large solar flares, were visible across much of Alaska on Tuesday night. The greenish lights, above, were photographed around 9 p.m. looking northeast in the Gunsight Mountain area near Eureka Summit.
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Anchorage Aglow: Fog rolls into downtown Anchorage as the aurora borealis turns the sky above green at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday evening near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. (Erik Hill / Anchorage Daily News)

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Light From Above: The aurora borealis fills the northern sky late Tuesday above the Russian Orthodox Saint Nicholas Memorial Chapel in Kenai. (M. Scott Moon / The Associated Press)

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Bright Skies: The aurora borealis fills the southwest sky early Wednesday above Soldotna. Astronomers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks said brilliant auroras are linked of one of the largest solar flare eruptions in years. (M. Scott Moon / The Associated Press)

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RichC
10-31-2003, 09:21 AM
wow, very cool

Mike AI
10-31-2003, 10:23 AM
That is awesome, so unique it looks photoshopped!

Vick
10-31-2003, 12:06 PM
absolutely amazing

Peaches
11-01-2003, 08:35 AM
Wow. Just wow.

Bishop
11-01-2003, 05:44 PM
Thats beautiful.. thanks for posting the pictures.

Dravyk
11-03-2003, 11:44 PM
Stunning!!! :yowsa:

Torone
11-04-2003, 07:48 AM
Magnificent!!!

Winetalk.com
11-04-2003, 04:09 PM
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Japanese beleive that children concived during this phenomena will be very gifted!

Menace
11-05-2003, 04:33 PM
those are awesome

T - Bone
11-11-2003, 01:38 AM
I have to check that out some time soon...

When the best time to come up?

KC
11-11-2003, 03:41 AM
Originally posted by T - Bone@Nov 11 2003, 01:46 AM
I have to check that out some time soon...

When the best time to come up?
Hey tough guy... get your ass up here!!

C_U_Next_Tuesday
11-11-2003, 05:07 PM
Great pictures... thank you!!

nlphoto
11-16-2003, 11:06 PM
That is just too fukkin cool... course in November in AK, it'd have to be... :P

LadyLaw
11-17-2003, 04:37 PM
Like everyone else I'm in awe~thanks for posting the pics.

We had solar flares in Southern Oregon about three years ago, with the sky the same melting, shifting maze of glowing red and green/blue swirls in the night sky as in some of the photos you posted. It was awesome.

PornBroker ::.
11-22-2003, 09:43 PM
truly great pics ;)

Suzie-Q
11-26-2003, 12:01 AM
nice pics



Last edited by Suzie-Q at Nov 25 2003, 09:11 PM

InXtacy
11-26-2003, 03:35 PM
~VERY IMPRESSIVE!!

Brad_wishing
11-30-2003, 08:20 PM
I was lucky enough to see the Aurora Borealis when I was in Alaska. AMAZING sight indeed.

bluedesignstudios
12-03-2003, 07:28 PM
Wow.. amazing.. that's one thing I gotta see in my lifetime...