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Ground-Based Images
Photo by Dick Hutchinson Photo By Jan Curtis
Photograph by Dick Hutchinson© Shot near Circle, Alaska. 48 miles south of the Artic Circle. Visit Shooting the Aurora Borealis for more images.
 
Photograph by Jan Curtis© Shot near Chena Hot Spring Resort 70 miles east of Fairbanks, Alaska. Visit Home of the Northern Lights for more images.
Photo by Dick Hutchinson Photo By Jan Curtis
Photograph by Dick Hutchinson© Shot near Circle, Alaska. Forty-eight miles South of the Artic Circle. Visit Shooting the Aurora Borealis for more images.

Photograph by Jan Curtis© of a rare red aurora. Shot from Fairbanks, Alaska. Visit Home of the Northern Lights for more images .
 
Space-Based Images
Photograph by STS-39 Crew Photograph by the STS-59 Crew
Photograph by the STS-39 Crew, NASA - The glow of the Southern Lights (Aurora Australis) mixes with the glow of the Space Shuttle Discovery's engines. Image is from the Astronomy Picture of the Day .
Photograph by the STS-59 Crew, NASA - The glow of the Southern Lights (Aurora Australis) as seen near "Orion's Belt". Image shot from the Space Shuttle Endeavor. From the Astronomy Picture of the Day .

 Aurora Photography

Aurora's Northern Nights - Beautiful photographs and articles. Site by photographer Jan Curtis.

Shooting the Aurora Borealis - Stunning photographs and tips for putting the aurora on film. Site by photographer Dick Hutchinson.

Photographing the Aurora - A beginner's guide to shooting the aurora.

Jeff MacQuarrie's Aurora Page - Images from Poker Flat, Alaska.

The Aurora Australis Page - Images of the Southern Lights as seen from New Zealand and South Australia.

Painted Sky: The Aurora - A collection of images from NASA's International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Program.

Images of the Aurora - by Chris L. Grohusko taken from north of El Paso, Texas, USA.


 Aurora Movies
Aurora Movie1 (748K, QuickTime) Aurora Movie 2 (748K, QuickTime. - ©Dick Hutchinson , movies by D.C. Spensley .

The Aurora Color Television Project - From The Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

 Aurora Sounds
"Listening to the Northern Lights" - From National Public Radio. (RealAudio)

S.P. McGreevy's Ground-Based Recordings - Extremely-low-frequency to very-low-frequency (ELF-VLF) recordings.

 Background on Auroras
 •  What are auroras ( Self-Guided Tour )
 •  What makes auroras happen? (RealAudio)
 •  Why are the different colors (RealAudio)
 •  Auroras FAQ - From Poker Flats Reseach Center
 •  What is the aurora? - From Space.com
 •  Sun-Earth Connection Tutorial - From NASA

 Exploratorium Astronomy Resources

 •  Sunspots
 •  Solar Max 2000
 •  Solar Eclipse
 •  The Observatory

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