Hilltop Aurora 2; August 5-6, 2011; Knox, Maine

            So I'm putzing around online, waiting for a game on Facebook to reset for me, debating bed when I read an article about how recent solar activity could screw up GPS systems in the short term.

"Recent solar activity" means a chance for aurora, but the past few times this has happened its always been a huge dud.

So that said, I poke my head outside and all I seem to see is a low hazy cloud over the northern horizon.  Disappointed, I take a quick shot just in case and BAM.  Hazy blue cloud shows up a telltale green on the K-x's LCD.

I can safely check off one more item from my photography bucket list after tonight.  Best yet, it happened in August rather than February so no freezing my tail off!

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Taken in: United States / Maine / Knox / Knox Corner (show map)

Taken on: August 6, 2011

Tags:

Northern Lights

Aurora Borealis

August

Maine

Knox

Waldo County

Pentax

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Sets appears in: • Sunsets, Sunrises, and Night Shots

Groups appears in: • Landschaft/Landscape • Aurora (Borealis and Australis) more » • Low light photography • New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont Photograhpy • Nifty Fifty • Waldo County, Maine • MANUAL FOCUS LENS ON A PENTAX DIGITAL SLR (+ Samsung) 4 per day • Pentax K-x • Night Owl... I should be asleep! • Geotagged: Maine « less

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