Auroral Rays and Mars from the Tuscarora State Forest

Posted by DaveMitsky
on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

by Dave Mitsky

Using my Pentax K1000 SLR camera and a Pentax 50mm lens, I captured some bright auroral rays in this 15 second exposure taken from a dark site in the Tuscarora State Forest near Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, on 2003/11/20.  Mars is the bright object at the upper right.

Tags: Aurora
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