From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Wed Oct 20 14:05:48 2004 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:05:48 +1000 Subject: Jindabyn and Queenstown Auroras Message-ID: <002301c4b65a$1cee2ee0$11fe21cb@fakedomain.ips At 9pm on the 31st March 2001 the night sky to the south of Jindabyne NSW was alight with the colour of a distant bushfire, or so I thought. I photographed the lights for 1 hour before relising what they were. The incredible orange , red and deep yellow glows kept rising and falling like search lights until 4am. The colours are a result of Jindabyne's altitude (960 metres) which is why I did not instantly recognise them for an auroa. Only a handfull of very lucky or observant people witnessed the event, one which my wife gail will always remember as she first sighted and identified the aurora. As a photographer I have plenty of different images if you wish to purchase any. We were also lucky enough to see an aurora in Queenstown New zealand on 21st July 2004 which displayed all the green and blue curtains which are the hallmark of low altitude auroras.Gail again sighted this one whilst sitting in a spa drinking a good red. Life is hard for star gazers. Please contact me at robrien at fakedomain.ips I have attached 3 Jindabyne and 3 Queenstown photos Enjoy the viewing -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Aurora Jindabyne 1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 146830 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: aurora Jindabyne 2 .jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 153835 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: aurora jindabyne 3.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 138335 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: aurora 1 .jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 182020 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: aurora 2 .jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 161079 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: aurora 3 .jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 156991 bytes Desc: not available URL: From anonymous at fakedomain.ips Mon Oct 25 17:08:10 2004 From: anonymous at fakedomain.ips (anonymous) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:08:10 +1100 Subject: Report of Aurora Observation Message-ID: <000c01c4ba61$635ab6e0$2c124293@fakedomain.ips date: 14th October time (UT): ~1100hrs location:Macquarie Island, 0491272 mE, 3939465 mN, WGS84, zone 57, UTM UPS. short description: a spectacular aurora, and I have seen many. Green and red curtains with lots of movement directly overhead. Appeared as elongate curtains with light pulsing from NW to SE. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: